In order to help people who are concerned about or have been diagnosed with GenX cancers, on this page we present a collection of GenX resources for North Carolina water contamination and related cancers, including science, medicine, law, and environmental information.
GenX Studies:
- 2006 – 2013: DuPont’s reports of “substantial risk of injury to health or the environment”
- 2016: Legacy and Emerging Perfluoroalkyl Substances Are Important Drinking Water Contaminants in the Cape Fear River Watershed of North Carolina (Abstract only)
News Articles:
- 12/12/17: Limited GenX Data, Public Messaging At Issue
- 11/1/17: New study aims to test New Hanover County residents for GenX exposure
- 10/31/17: Brunswick County files GenX lawsuit
- 10/16/17: CFPUA files suit against Chemours, DuPont over toxic GenX
- 9/27/17: Eight more well users to get bottled water after GenX tests
- 9/20/17: GenX found in private wells near Chemours in Bladen County
- 9/15/17: Chemours blasts state’s GenX efforts as secret, arbitrary, ‘unsupported factually’
- 9/14/17: GenX testing will start Friday in Cumberland, Bladen counties
- 9/14/17: Residents seek assurance at GenX forum
- 9/11/17: Levels of toxic GenX at plant called ‘staggering’
- 9/8/17: People near Chemours plant fearful for wells
- 9/8/17: Bladen Co. judge grants partial consent order in GenX case
- 8/17/17: GenX Pollution – What Happened? And When?
- 8/17/17: Timeline: Tracking the route of GenX in the Cape Fear River
- 6/20/17: GenX: A Question of Chemistry
- 6/7/17: Toxin taints CFPUA drinking water
- 5/11/17: More knowledge required about environmental effect of GenX
- 2/25/17: Replacement chemical for C8 being studied amid similar health concerns
- 3/3/16: New Teflon Toxin Causes Cancer in Lab Animals
General:
- GenX information from the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment in the Netherlands (you will need to use a web browser translation tool to view this report in English language)
More GenX Resources and Other Information
GenX Water Contamination Cancers Overview
Summary of Information for North Carolina GenX Water Contamination