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Michael S. Regan, Secretary
Release: PdMEDIATE Contact: Jamie Kritzer
Date: July 14, 2017 Phone: [phone]
State releases first water quality data, health results for GenX in Cape Fear River
RALEIGH — State officials on Friday released the first results of water quality samples for GenX concentrations
in the Cape Fear River.
The results, which reflect water quality data from samples collected in the Fayetteville and Wilmington areas
between June 19 and June 29, show the figures ranging between XXXX parts per trillion and XXXX parts
with higher figures closer to the point where Chemours was discharging the unregulated compound into the
Cape Fear River. Lower figures were seen 70 miles downstream in the Wilmington area where
State public health officials gave a preliminary health risk summary, saying.
Pivot to health risk information form DHHS andits meaning.
• Lede — The first results of sampling in the Cape Fear River indicate that XXX would present a XXX risk to people
consuming the water IN WHAT QUANTITY over WHAT TIME PERIOD, according the state public health officials.
(NOT SURE IF THIS WOULD BE THE LEDE BUT IT'S WHAT I ENVISION US OR DHHS SAYING)
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• However, DHHS staff are working hard to better understand available research and to use that research and
consult with federal health professionals to develop a thorough health risk analysis that can be shared with the
• Also, this week Secretaries Michael Regan and Mandy Cohen — DEQ and DHHS — petitioned the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention to conduct a formal public health assessment of GenX. The goal is to use available
guidance from recognized researchers of emerging contaminants to ensure we can provide the public with the
best information available on potential health risks posed by GenX.
• Need a sentence talking about how DEQ collected samples from 12 places in the Cape Fear River. WHERE THEY
WERE. AND ADDITIONAL SAMPLING IS BEING CONDUCTED THIS WEEK (WEEK FOUR SINCE SAMPLING BEGAN
• DEQ staff are collecting samples at 12 locations near Fayetteville, where the plant is located, and Wilmington.
Sampling began the week of June 19 and will continue in the same locations for four weeks. On June 19, DEQ staff
in the Fayetteville regional office started collecting water samples at the Chemours plant that produces GenX
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DEQ-CFW 00080204

during industrial processes, the Bladen Bluff intake and their finished water, and a water supply well in Bladen
0 Please note that we originally were going to do testing for three weeks but opted to go four weeks. I'm checking
to see if it's in the same location.
* On June 22, DEQ staff in the Wilmington regional office sampled at the intake site of the Lower Cape Fear Water
and Sewer Authority's intake, the International Paper intake, the International Paper finished water, the Cape
Fear Public Utility Authority's finished water, the Fender County public utility's finished water, the Brunswick
County public utility's finished water, the Cape Fear Public Utility's Aquifer Storage and Recovery well, and the
Wrightsville Beach water supply well.
w Once staff collects the samples, they are being sent toTest Americas inColorado and the EPA'slab inthe
Research Triangle Park. Staff at the labs will conduct an analysis, then send to DEQ for additional QA QC and then
the DEQ folks will send to DHHS where a health risk analysis can be conducted.
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