“FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — State environmental officials are trying to figure out what caused a recent spike in GenX levels near the Bladen County plant where the chemical is produced.
Tests by Chemours in mid-December found levels of GenX nearly 20 times higher than the state’s health limit of 140 parts per trillion in a water outflow near the company’s Fayetteville Works plant…
Department of Environmental Quality spokeswoman Laura Leonard said Thursday that Chemours is complying with state orders to stop releasing wastewater from its GenX production into the Cape Fear River. Officials haven’t determined the reason for the spike, but Leonard said it’s possible that rain in December washed the contaminant into the drainage area…
Cassie Gavin, director of government relations for the North Carolina Sierra Club, said GenX and other emerging contaminants are a problem the state will be dealing with for a long time…
The recent spike is the latest indication that state lawmakers need to restore some of the staff cuts made to DEQ, she said.”
Read the full article by Laura Leslie.
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