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Roy Cooper, Governor
Michael S. Regan, Secretary
En Vironm en tal
Quality
Release: IMMEDIATE Contact: Jamie Kritzer
Date: Aug. X, 2017 Phone: [phone]
New sampling data shows GenX levels in Cape Fear continue to drop
LEIGH — The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality today released new test results that show
concentrations of the chemical GenX continue to drop at all finished water sampling sites on the Cape Fear River
downstream of the Chemours industrial facility.
The test results reflect conditions in the river July 24-27 when DEQ finished its sixth week of water sampling in
the region.
All test results for finished drinking water in this round of sampling remained well 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.
State water quality officials plan to continue water sampling and analysis at the finished water sites for the
foreseeable future. Last week 16 monitoring wells were added to the sampling plan to investigate groundwater
conditions at the Chemours facility in Bladen County.
An interactive map that includes sampling sites and testing data is available online at:
https:Hdeq.nc.gov/news/hot-topics/genx-investigation/genx-sampling-sites. More information on the state's
investigation is available at: https:Hdeq.nc.gov/news/hot-topics/genx-investigation.
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