Mar. 11, 2025: Well contamination more widespread than expected - Well testing expanded, (BladenOnline.com)
Jan. 28, 2025: Paul Woolverton reports PFAS filters to be installed at two Cumberland County elementary schools, City View (CityViewNC.com)
Dec. 17, 2024: Evey Weisblat reports new study confirms produce grown near Chemours contain high levels of PFAS chemicals, City View (CityViewNC.com)
Oct. 28, 2024: Evey Weisblat reports judge rules against 1,4-Dioxane limits in water, City View (CityViewNC.com)
Sep. 18, 2024: Brantley Aycock reports that NC EMC votes to regulate 3 of 8 PFAS chemicals in groundwater, The Daily Tar Heel (DailyTarHeel.com)
Aug. 29, 2024: Christine Zhu reports DEQ has petitioned EPA to classify four PFAS as hazardous air pollutants, NC Newsline (NCnewsline.com)
June 26, 2024: Maydha Devarajan and Daniel Walton report on PFAS chemicals in NC and Grays Creek near Fayetteville, the Assembly (theAssemblyNC.com)
Planned Upgrades (PWC) to remove PFAS chemicals;
PFAS data - Fayetteville & Cumberland Co. (PWC);
1,4-Dioxane data - DEQ study of Drinking Water plants; and
PWC Meeting 2024 - PFAS and WTP Upgrades.
Mike Watters with Grays Creek Residents United Against PFAS, Alliance of groups and citizens in impacted communities;
DEQ Science Advisory Board meetings;
Dana Sargent with Cape Fear River Watch, Alliance of groups and citizens in impacted communities;
1) Urge state government officials to provide immediate relief, assistance, and transparency to the communities and individuals down the Cape Fear River with drinking water contaminated by GenX chemicals from the Nafion Vinyl Ethers plant southeast of Fayetteville.
2) Urge Governor Cooper [(919) 814-2000] to form an independent panel of experts to conduct a transparent review of the NC Title V inspection and permit program and the NC DEQ's handling of DuPont (Chemours) Fayetteville Works. An independent and transparent investigation will help identify how and why the DEQ Title V inspection and permit program failed and suggest reforms needed to prevent this from ever happening again.
Emily Donovan with Clean Cape Fear, Alliance of groups and citizens in impacted communities;
Beth Kline-Markesino with NC Stop GenX in our Water, Alliance of groups and citizens in impacted communities;
Dana Sargent with Cape Fear River Watch, Alliance of groups and citizens in impacted communities;
Hope Taylor with Clean Water for North Carolina, Alliance of groups and citizens in impacted communities;
Mike Watters with Grays Creek Residents United Against PFAS, Alliance of groups and citizens in impacted communities;
Prof. Larry Cahoon at UNC Wilmington, University researchers;
Prof. Jamie DeWitt at ECU, University researchers;
Prof. Lee Ferguson at Duke, University researchers; and
Prof. Detlef Knappe at NC State University, University researchers.
