Published in partnership with North Carolina Health News Water filtration effectiveness, effects on human health, persistence in river sediments, and bioaccumulation in eastern oyster beds are among a new set of studies driven by public concern over GenX and the dearth of science surrounding it. Scientists and regulators are mapping out how to monitor and… [Read More]
GenX
GOP Blasts Cooper’s Veto of House Bill 56
Republican legislators called “troubling” Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto Thursday of the wide-ranging environmental bill that included, among other controversial provisions, only local funding to address GenX in Wilmington’s drinking water.
DEQ Demands GenX Data From Chemours
Department of Environmental Quality officials are giving Chemours Co. two weeks to provide data on tests and information related to GenX.
Tension Mounts Between Chemours, DEQ
Chemours has accused the DEQ of acting in secrecy, violating its constitutional rights, and says the regulatory agency has not proven it has the authority to stop it from dumping certain chemicals into the Cape Fear River.
Q&A Session Set: Well Testing for GenX
North Carolina’s department’s of Environmental Quality and Health and Human Services are set to host Thursday a community information session regarding the state’s plans to test private wells near Chemours’ Fayetteville Works facility in Bladen County.
Analysis: Environmental Bills Shaped In Secret
Closed-door negotiations have increasingly become the norm in the North Carolina General Assembly, especially with contentious environmental measures such as the recently passed House Bill 56.
State, Chemours Reach Agreement on GenX
The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality and Chemours, the company that produces GenX, reached an agreement Friday to halt discharge of other compounds of concern.
State Initiates Lawsuit Against Chemours
Chemours was ordered Tuesday by state officials to stop releasing all fluorinated compounds into the Cape Fear River. The state also began legal action against the company and the process to suspend its permit for discharging wastewater into the river.
Funds to Address GenX OK’d After Bitter Fight
Funding to address the GenX contamination in the Cape Fear region’s drinking water was approved Thursday as part of a controversial measure that’s been on hold since April.
River Quality Panels Take Shape
House and Senate leaders announced this week appointments to new committees on river quality to investigate the discharge of GenX into the Cape Fear River.
Other Compounds ID’d in Chemours’ Waste
State regulators say two additional chemical compounds of concern have been identified in the waste stream of the company responsible for discharging GenX into the Cape Fear River.
GenX Response: Activist Groups Unite Forces
New and experienced activists have joined together in response to the recent detection of GenX and other chemicals in the Wilmington area’s drinking water.
GenX Response: Stored Water Disposal Set
The utility that provides drinking water to 200,000 Wilmington-area residents is set to begin ridding its aquifer storage system of treated water containing traces of GenX.
What Else Is In the Water? Study to Begin
WILMINGTON – The Cape Fear Public Utility Authority announced Monday that it had contracted with the University of North Carolina Wilmington to conduct a yearlong study of raw and treated drinking water to identify unregulated compounds and chemicals and provide a scientific basis for regulatory controls. The $64,607.88 contract, to be billed in 12 monthly… [Read More]
Legislative Commission Enters GenX Fray
The legislature’s Environmental Review Commission met in Wilmington Wednesday, where they heard for the first time from local officials and the public about the GenX contamination of the region’s water supply.
Latest GenX Levels Below Health Goal
Test results released Thursday show that concentrations of GenX in finished drinking water along the Cape Fear River remain well below the state’s health goal.
