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Wilmington and adjacent counties

News Archive

Jan. 11, 2021: Jennifer Allen reports on EPA Denial of petition to address PFAS, Coastal Review Online.

Jan. 22, 2020: Allison Ballard reports Brunswick County PFAS Contamination, from StarNewsOnline.com.

July 22, 2919: Matt Bennett reports on testimony to Congress regarding PFAS chemicals in drinking water, WWATTV3 website.

June 13, 2919: Nadia Ramlagan interviews Emily Donovan about chemicals in drinking water from the Cape Fear River, PublicNewsService.org.

June 10, 2019: Vince Winkel reports on GenX two years later (Part 2), WHQR.org website.

June 3, 2019: Lynn Bonner on Lake Sutton and coal ash, Charlotte Observer website.

May 31, 2019: Lisa Sorg reports on contaminated drinking water and state funding in NC, NC Policy Watch website.

May 10, 2019: Lisa Sorg reports on PFAS and GenX in groundwater wells in New Hanover County, NC Policy Watch website.

June 13, 2019: Nadia Ramlagan interviews Emily Donovan about chemicals in drinking water from the Cape Fear River, PublicNewsService.org.

June 10, 2019: Vince Winkel reports on GenX two years later (Part 2), WHQR.org website.

June 10, 2019: Greg Barnes reports on Sutton Lake contamination, NorthCarolinaHealthNews.org website.

June 3, 2019: Lynn Bonner on Lake Sutton and coal ash, Charlotte Observer website.

May 31, 2019: Lisa Sorg reports on contaminated drinking water and state funding in NC, NC Policy Watch website.

May 10, 2019: Lisa Sorg reports on PFAS and GenX in groundwater wells in New Hanover County, NC Policy Watch website.

July 18, 2018: Timeline, WRAL website.




Wilmington and nearby counties

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.


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DuPont Chemours GenX and PFAS, DEQ concealment

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