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glass of water to signify contaminated drinking water. There's little being done about 1,4 dioxane in the Cape Fear River Basin

How long will it take to rid PFAS from private wells?

April 7, 2020 by Greg Barnes

How long will it take to rid PFAS from private wells? - North Carolina Health News

A reader’s question spurs NC Health News to look for answers. How does 20 to 30 years sound?

By Greg Barnes As more sampling is performed, the number of private drinking water wells found to be contaminated by GenX and other “forever chemicals” continues to surge in an area surrounding the Chemours Fayetteville Works plant. Figures from the state Department of Environmental Quality show that, as of mid-February, more than 2,500 homes in […]

Houses against a blue sky in an area with wells contaminated by forever chemicals

People are buying houses unaware of ‘forever chemicals’ in their well water

January 6, 2020 by Greg Barnes

People are buying houses unaware of ‘forever chemicals’ in their well water - North Carolina Health News

For decades, DuPont and later Chemours spewed GenX and other PFAS chemicals into the air at a plant near a rural Cumberland County community, contaminating well water for at least 1,673 homes. Despite that, homebuilding there is booming.

UPDATE: The Cumberland County Board of Commissioners voted Monday to extend public water lines to Alderman and Gray’s Creek elementary schools, which lie in the heart of an area contaminated by PFAS. The board agreed to allocate $10.5 million from county reserves, about $3 million of which will be used to extend the lines to […]

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