Toxic Water in the Cape Fear River

http://www.starnewsonline.com/topics/toxic-tap-water?start=2

WILMINGTON -- A chemical replacement for a key ingredient in Teflon linked to cancer and a host of other ailments has been found in the drinking water system of the Cape Fear Public Utility Authority (CFPUA), which cannot filter it.

Known commercially as GenX, the contaminating compound is made by the Chemours Co. at Fayetteville Works, a 2,150-acre industrial site straddling the Cumberland-Bladen county line along the Cape Fear River, about 100 miles upstream from Wilmington.

Other water systems that tap the Cape Fear, including some that serve portions of Brunswick and Pender counties, likely have GenX present as well -- though only CFPUA has been tested.

“My estimate is that about 250,000 people are affected in the three counties,” said Detlef ...

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