2020 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2020 18:43:01 -0800 (PST)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "People are buying houses in NC unaware of 'forever chemicals' in their well water"
 
People are buying houses in NC unaware of ‘forever chemicals’ in their well water

BY GREG BARNES  
NORTH CAROLINA HEALTH NEWS
JANUARY 6, 2020

No one told Army veteran Carter Bryant about groundwater contamination near the Chemours Fayetteville Works plant when he bought a home there in July.

Bryant said he knew almost nothing about GenX and other per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances — commonly known as PFAS or “forever chemicals” — before he and his family moved in.

About two months later, Bryant said, he received a notice from Chemours stating that contaminants in his home’s well water exceed the level North Carolina considers safe to drink.


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For the entire article, see
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/state/north-carolina/article238996868.html

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Lenny Siegel
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Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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LSiegel@cpeo.org
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