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Subject: RE: Latest test results for finished drinking water show GenX below health goal
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Subject: Re: Latest test results for finished drinking water show GenX below health goal
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Roy Cooper, Governor
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Michael S. Regan, Secretary
Latest test results for finished drinking water show GenX below health goal
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RALEIGH — Concentrations of GenX in finished drinking water from the Cape Fear River continue to be
below the state's public health goal, according to the latest test results released by the N.C. Department of
Environmental Quality.
The state's latest test results released Wednesday reflect conditions in the Cape Fear River July 17-20 when the
N.C. Department of Environmental Quality completed its fifth week of testing. The state also has received
partial test results for July 24, when the sixth week of testing started.
The state results for finished drinking water remained below the 140 parts per trillion health goal developed by
the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services. The health goal represents the concentration of GenX at
which no adverse non -cancer health effects would be anticipated over an entire lifetime of exposure to the most
sensitive populations.
The state DEQ and the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services began investigating the presence of
GenX in the Cape Fear River on June 19. That ongoing investigation along with pressure from residents and
local officials prompted Chemours, the company manufacturing the unregulated chemical, to stop discharging
GenX into the Cape Fear. Instead the company is collecting it and transporting it out of state for incineration.
"The good news is that levels of GenX in treated drinking water continue to be below the state's health goal and
continue to trend down since we prompted Chemours to stop releasing this compound into the river," said
Michael Regan, secretary of the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality. "We will continue to monitor and
test water samples, and will share testing results with the public in a timely fashion."
Water sampling and analysis will continue at finished water sites for the foreseeable future. Also, DEQ officials
began this week conducting groundwater sampling to look for any concentrations of GenX in 16 monitoring
wells at Chemours' facility in Fayetteville.
DEQ has created a map on its GenX web page to better illustrate the state's sampling results. Results may be
viewed at: littps://deq.nc.gov/news/hot-topics/genx-investigatioii/genx-sampling-sites. For more information
about the state's investigation, you can check out the GenX web page at: htt.ps:Hdeq.nc.gov/news/hot-
jopics/genx-inves i ation.
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Albert Robert (Bob) Rubin, Emeritus Professor
Biological and Agricultural Engineering
North Carolina State University
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