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“Chemours, a chemical company that’s notorious for leaking toxic ‘forever chemicals’ into the Cape Fear River, is still discharging PFAS at higher than allowed levels, the company’s own water sampling data reveals.
The Southern Environmental Law Center says the ongoing discharges violate a 2019 agreement that Chemours struck with North Carolina’s Department of Environmental Quality. That agreement required the company to reduce chemical discharges into rivers, groundwater and air.
‘We demand that N.C. DEQ use its authority to hold Chemours accountable and force the company to protect people’s health and the environment,’ said Kemp Burdette, head of the Cape Fear River Watch, in a Wednesday press release. ‘If the state fails to protect its citizens, and chooses to protect Chemours instead, we’ll go back to court.’
DEQ spokesperson Allan Holmes said in a statement that the department ‘remains committed to holding Chemours accountable for all remaining obligations under the Consent Order.'”…