After initial skepticism among Democrats, UNC faculty and environmental advocates, the North Carolina Policy Collaboratory appears to be finding its role and gaining support in its second year.
GenX
What Will GenX Health Studies Reveal?
Researchers hope to say this summer whether GenX and other compounds found in New Hanover County residents’ tap water are also in their bodies and what that means for their health.
GenX In Homes: 300 Join Health Effects Study
The tap water in Mary Alice and Skip Hinshaw’s home recently tested well above most of the nearly 200 homes in New Hanover County sampled for GenX in the first part of an ongoing human exposure study.
DEQ Develops Case to Halt GenX Emissions
The Department of Environmental Quality is moving through a process to stop Chemours’ GenX emissions, even if it means Chemours’ shutdown, as legislators consider their next steps ahead of the session that begins next month.
Cooper Seeks $14.5 Million for DEQ, DHHS
In advance of the General Assembly’s session that begins May 16, Gov. Roy Cooper outlined on Tuesday his recommended funding for state environmental and health regulatory agencies to address emerging contaminants including GenX.
DEQ Files Injunction Against Chemours
The state Department of Environmental Quality asked the court Monday to require Chemours to control air emissions of GenX compounds.
Grants Announced for Contaminant Research
The North Carolina Policy Collaboratory has announced $430,000 in grants for three research projects to address emerging contaminants, including GenX, in North Carolina.
State Requires Chemours to Prove Control
The state Division of Air Quality moved Friday to require Chemours to show within three weeks that air emissions at the Fayetteville facility can be controlled at a level that will stop contributions to groundwater violations.
Water Transfer Part of Pender’s Growth Plan
Environmental groups support Pender County’s request to transfer up to 14.5 million gallons of drinking water per day from the Cape Fear to three smaller river basins to meet increasing demand.
Wells Test Positive for Emerging Compounds
Twenty-six private drinking water wells in the unincorporated Atlantic community in Carteret County have tested positive for compounds in the same chemical family as GenX, and the Navy is asking more airfield neighbors to allow their water to be sampled.
GenX Discovered in Rainwater at UNCW
Researchers at the University of North Carolina Wilmington have identified trace amounts of GenX in rainwater collected on campus, about 70 miles from Chemours’ facility.
GenX Bill Stalls; DEQ Orders Chemours Action
House leaders declined Tuesday to take up the Senate’s version of a bill to address GenX contamination as DEQ ordered Chemours take new steps to halt emissions of the compound.
Reworked GenX Bill Goes Back to House
Disagreements over how to address GenX and other emerging contaminants were heated Friday but the state Senate passed its version of a funding bill, which some say falls short.
Senate Revamps Bill on GenX Funding
The Senate has rolled out a new version of House Bill 189, a measure that addresses the state’s response to GenX and other contaminants, which Senate leaders refused to consider in January.
GenX Questions Continue: What About Food?
Are fruit, vegetables or livestock raised near the Chemours plant hazards to people? What about fish harvested from nearby lakes? Evidence has been found in plant life near another Chemours facility.
New Questions As GenX Debate Continues
New questions regarding the state’s regulatory authority have emerged as the debate continues over how to respond to the issue of GenX and other emerging contaminants.