GenX
Weekend reads: Medicaid at long last, an environmental win, and reining in social media’s sway
More people in NC will have health insurance on Dec. 1, but there’s more to do to improve access By Lynn Bonner North Carolina will reach a milestone Dec. 1 when an estimated 600,000 low-income people become eligible to enroll in health insurance under Medicaid expansion. North Carolina is the 40th state to expand Medicaid […]
EPA withdraws consent for Chemours to export GenX from Netherlands to Fayetteville
This is a developing story and will be updated. The EPA has withdrawn its conditional consent for Chemours to export wastewater shipments containing GenX from its Dordrecht Works facility in the Netherlands to its Fayetteville, N.C., facility, the agency announced Wednesday afternoon. In its application to the EPA, Chemours had overstated the amount of imported […]
UN panel alleges Chemours is violating human rights of North Carolinians with toxic PFAS
DuPont and two of its spinoff companies, Chemours and Corteva, allegedly violated the human rights of hundreds of thousands of people living in the Lower Cape Fear River Basin, routinely discharging toxic PFAS into the region’s drinking water supplies, a United Nations panel announced this past weekend. “DuPont and Chemours facilities have significantly contributed to […]
Homes near Sampson County landfill on bottled water after PFAS detections
Sampson County residents who want the state to sample their drinking water well can call 919-707-8200. Six households in Snow Hill, a predominantly Black community in Sampson County, are receiving bottled water from the state after sampling showed their drinking water wells contained elevated levels of toxic PFAS. While five of these homes are near […]
Weekend reads:An attack on the Black vote, a withdrawn court opinion, pension plan worries and more
EPA reexamining importation of harmful chemical wastewater to North Carolina By Lisa Sorg The federal EPA is reviewing its previous authorization of imports of GenX wastewater from the Netherlands to Chemours’ Fayetteville Works plant in North Carolina, according to an EPA official. That authorization was first reported by NC Newsline. “In response to recent concerns […]
EPA reexamining importation of harmful chemical wastewater to North Carolina
This is a developing story and has been updated to include comments from Gov. Roy Cooper. The federal EPA is reviewing its previous authorization of imports of GenX wastewater from the Netherlands to Chemours’ Fayetteville Works plant in North Carolina, according to an EPA official. That authorization was first reported by NC Newsline. “In response […]
EPA explains why it authorized imports of GenX from Netherlands to NC
Oct. 30, 5:19 p.m.: This story has been updated with comments from Chemours. Newsline originally contacted the long-time spokesperson and received no response. That spokesperson retired earlier this month. The EPA had no legal authority to block exports of GenX wastewater from the Netherlands to North Carolina, the agency said this week, because of an […]
Weekend reads: A controversial court ruling, GenX imports, redistricting, and much more…
NC Appeals Court: Mom who committed crime while pregnant can lose parental rights By Kelan Lyons Judge Murphy justifies decision because ‘life begins at conception’ The state Court of Appeals issued a ruling Tuesday that affirmed the termination of a mother’s parental rights — even though the child hadn’t yet been born at the time […]
EPA okays Chemours request to export GenX from the Netherlands to Fayetteville Works plant
The Chemours Fayetteville Works plant can import up to 4 million pounds of GenX from the company’s Netherlands facility over the next year, according to an EPA letter authorizing the shipments — 220 times the amount exported in 2014. The GenX will originate at the Chemours plant in Dordrecht. The facility could export as many […]
DEQ plans to set state limits on toxic PFAS in groundwater, rivers, lakes
The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality will pursue legally enforceable limits for several types of PFAS in groundwater and surface water, the agency announced yesterday. Although many public water systems tap into rivers and reservoirs for drinking water, about a third of North Carolinians (3.3 million) rely on groundwater. DEQ Assistant Secretary Sushma Masemore told […]
Dogs, horses near Chemours have PFAS in their blood, NC State researchers find
Pet dogs and horses living near the Chemours Fayetteville Works plant have elevated levels of PFAS in their blood, according to N.C. State University researchers. The study included 31 dogs and 32 horses living in Gray’s Creek Township in Cumberland County. The community is roughly five miles north of Chemours, the main source of PFAS […]