GenX, PFAS, Chemours – Cape Fear Regional Reports & Resources
Useful tools, support services, background stories and research on the topic of GenX, PFAS, Chemours and the Cape Fear River water supply.
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MOST RECENT WHQR COVERAGE:
- NC Attorney General Alleges DuPont Has Decades-Old Internal Data On Dangers Of C8 (Nov. 18, 2020)
- CoastLine: Water Contamination By PFAS Still Plagues NC And The Cape Fear Region (Nov. 18, 2020)
- New Research Published From GenX Exposure Study (July 23, 2020)
- PFAS, GenX Research Slowed By COVID-19 But Continues (June 29, 2020)
- Special Report: Three Years Of GenX, PFAS And Chemours (June 8, 2020)
- Rep. Deb Butler Pushes Bill To Ban PFAS In State (May 29, 2020)
- EPA Relaxes Enforcement of Environmental Laws - NCDEQ Says State Rules Still Apply (March 31, 2020)
- Chemours Scales Back Some Efforts Due to COVID-19 (March 26, 2020)
- Scientists Still Offer Few Answers To Many PFAS-GenX Questions (March 5, 2020)
- Despite Possible Budget Cuts, EPA Work Expands On PFAS And Water Research (Feb. 14, 2020)
- New Study Shows Reverse Osmosis is Tops For Home Water Filtration (Feb. 13, 2020)
- CoastLine: RO and GAC - How Local Governments Are Dealing With Unregulated Toxins In The Water(Feb. 5, 2020)
- New Report Shows Far Larger PFAS Contamination in Region (January 21, 2020)
- How Does Reverse Osmosis and Granular Activated Carbon Work (December 23, 2019)
- GenX: Two Years Burning Down The Road, Part 2 (June 10, 2019)
- GenX: Two Years Burning Down The Road, Part 1 (June 7, 2019)
- More PFAS Well Testing Coming In New Hanover County (May 15, 2019)
- NC Legislature Considering PFAS Ban In Firefighting Foam (April 4, 2019)
- DEQ Sends Revised Chemours Consent Order To Court(Feb. 20, 2019)
- GenX: More Questions Regarding Chemours Waste Compounds From Europe (Jan. 28, 2019)
- GenX: Chemours Fayetteville Importing Waste From Chemours' Netherlands Plant(Jan. 25, 2019)
- City Expected To Take Stance On DEQ/Chemours Consent Order (Jan. 7, 2019)
- Consent Order is a First Step (Dec. 13, 2018)
- CFPUA Responds To EPA Draft Toxicity Report (Dec. 7, 2018)
- GenX: DEQ Explains Consent Order (Nov. 29, 2018)
- Busy November On The GenX/Water Front (Nov. 26, 2018)
- GenX: Exposure Study Blood Results Released (Nov. 14, 2018)
- CFPUA To Vote On Large Expansion (Oct. 7, 2018)
- GenX: Emily Donovan Addresses Congress On Cape Fear Water Issues (Sept. 6, 2018)
- Chemours Holds First Open Meeting (June 12, 2018)
- CoastLine: GenX And The Water One Year Later (June 7, 2018)
- Chemours Opens Its Doors (May 31, 2018)
- GenX: Two Studies Show Growth Of Contaminated Water Areas (April 23, 2018)
- GenX: Tap Water Results From Chemical Testing Unveiled in Wilmington (April 17, 2018)
- GenX: City Council Backs CFPUA Demands Of DEQ (March 7, 2018)
- GenX: Chemours Neighbors Demand Answers(Feb. 2, 2018)
- What's In The Water - 1,4-Dioxane (Jan. 29, 2018)
- Special Report: GenX - A Toxic Year (Dec. 15, 2017)
- GenX: The Water Heater Blues (Oct. 30, 2017)
- HB 56 Into Law, But What Of Gov. Cooper's Proposal (Oct. 5, 2017)
GENX - A TOXIC YEAR - A ONE HOUR REPORT. (Dec. 15, 2017) Listen Here.
RESOURCES:
Clean Cape Fear - alliance of established advocacy groups, working together to restore and protect the water
Environmental Working Group – National Tap Water Database
Environmental Protection Agency – Unregulated Drinking Water Contaminants
EPA - Monitoring the Occurrence of Unregulated Drinking Water Contaminants
N.C. Department of Environmental Quality - GenX Sampling Sites
N.C. Department of Environmental Quality Investigation Page – Updates on Testing and the DEQ Investigation
Cape Fear Public Utility Authority – Web Page with Daily Updates from the CFPUA
Cape Fear Public Utility Authority – Water Quality and Water Quality Database
City of Wilmington - Water Information Page
Cape Fear River Watch – Updates on the River
Facebook - Wilmington's Stop Gen-X In Our Water
Chemours Company Statement - Voluntary Actions to Respond to North Carolina Community
HELP & SUPPORT:
BACKGROUND:
GenX Pollution Questions Multiply – North Carolina Health News
Toxin taints CFPUA drinking water - StarNews
On US Rivers, Teflon's Old Cancer Ties Are Stoking New Fears – Bloomberg News
GenX: What We Don't Know – WHQR News
Where Does Bottled Water Come From – StarNews
GenX: A Question of Chemistry – WHQR News
Full WHQR News Coverage of GenX – WHQR News