The state Secretaries’ Science Advisory Board will have a meeting online April 5 to continue discussing PFAS toxicity testing.
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DEQ Issues Chemours Notice of Violation
NCDEQ issued Chemours on Tuesday a notice of violation identifying instances of failing to meet conditions of a 2019 order.
EPA Denies Petition to Address PFAS
The Environmental Protection Agency denied a petition from six eastern N.C. community groups to require Chemours Co. to test 54 PFAS produced at its Fayetteville Works facility.
NC Nonprofits Petition EPA over PFAS
Environmental and public health advocates have petitioned the EPA to require Chemours to fund studies on the health and environmental effects of PFAS on Cape Fear communities.
Group to Screen DuPont Documentary
Cape Fear River Watch is to host Sept. 6 a screening of the film, “The Devil We Know,” a documentary about a group of West Virginia residents taking on DuPont for contaminating the area’s drinking water supply.
Chemical Maker Hit With $2.5M Fine
A federal judge found that Elementis Chromium Inc., which has a plant near Wilmington, failed to notify its workers about the possible health hazards of one of the chemicals made at the plant.
