[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: GenX from Chemours plant, Cumberland County, North Carolina

[Lenny Siegel]

Army Vet, Conservative Joins Battle on Environmental Pollution
Cumberland County resident Mike Watters is doing everything he can to push for a fix for the contamination from the Chemours plant near his home. 

by Catherine Clabby
North Carolina Health News
April 6, 2018 

 By Catherine Clabby
Drive with Mike Watters though his serene neighborhood south of Fayetteville and very quickly he starts sharing numbers.

“This house right here. He’s over the 140. Has been at 264, 236. He’s had several tests. This house over here is over too. It’s odd that none of others ones here are. The wells are almost at the same depth,” Watters explains.

The “140” is 140 parts per trillion. Drinking water contaminated by the industrial chemical GenX above that concentration may, over a lifetime, pose health risks to some people, state health officials say.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2018/04/06/army-vet-conservative-now-leads-battle-against-dupont-for-environment/

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Lenny Siegel
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Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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