New rules on GenX, other forever chemical water pollution again delayed by NC commission

By Gareth McGrath | StarNews Online | July 26, 2024

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"Earlier this month, Republicans on a state environmental commission once again declined to start the rulemaking process to keep "forever chemicals" like GenX out of groundwater and surface waters.

The move prompted outrage from environmentalists and frustration from state regulators, who have been pushing for the new standards to match moves at the federal level to prevent the toxic manmade chemicals, formally known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), from entering the environment.

The Cape Fear region has been one of the nation's epicenters for PFAS-related contamination since the StarNews broke the story that a host of then-unknown manmade chemicals, including GenX, had been dumped into the Cape Fear River and polluted drinking water supplies in much of Southeastern North Carolina for decades."