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)
GenX Cancer Case Evaluation Form >>
More Information
Timeline: GenX Contamination of the Cape Fear River