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WILMINGTON, N.C. (June 15, 2017) — The Brunswick County Board of Commissioners Chairman, Frank Williams, and County staff were among the officials meeting with representatives from the Chemours company and the NC Department of Environmental Quality on Thursday, June 15. County Manager Ann Hardy and Health and Human Services Director David Stanley were also in attendance at Thursday’s meeting, as well as officials from the NC Department of Health and Human Services, New Hanover County,…
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RALEIGH (June 14, 2017) — The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality is leading a state investigation regarding reports of an unregulated chemical in the Cape Fear River. DEQ staff, in consultation with state Department of Health and Human Services, are investigating the presence of a compound known as GenX. DEQ is strongly encouraging Chemours, the company that produces the chemical for industrial processes at its facility in Fayetteville, to identify any measures that can be…
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BOLIVIA, NC – Brunswick County takes seriously its commitment to providing safe, quality drinking water to its citizens and customers. Recent media reports have raised questions about the safety of Brunswick County’s water supply due to the presence of the chemical GenX in the Cape Fear River, from which Brunswick County draws portions of its raw water supply. Brunswick County Public Utilities treats raw water per federal and state standards before being supplied to the…
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RALEIGH — The NC Department of Health and Human Services (NC DHHS) released a health effects statement on GenX to county public health directors on Monday, June 12, 2017. The statement was prepared for the NC Division of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) by the Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch of NC DHHS. FULL STATEMENT: Prepared by the Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, NC DHHS June 12, 2017 GenX is a chemical used in the manufacturing…
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 12, 2017) — Congressman David Rouzer released the statement below regarding contamination reports of a chemical compound, commercially referred to as “Gen X,” in the drinking water system of the Cape Fear Public Utility Authority (CFPUA:) “As many of you have probably read, this chemical is used to make Teflon and is made by Chemours Co. at Fayetteville Works, about 100 miles upstream from Wilmington. My office has been in contact with…
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