The more scientists look for GenX and other similar, potentially hazardous chemicals in North Carolina, the more they find. And next spring they could ramp up their efforts. The state’s environmental ...

SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA (WECT) - State officials have set a health goal for exposure to GenX in drinking water at 140 parts per trillion (ppt) -- more than 500 times lower than the state's ...

Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington found trace amounts of GenX in rainwater on campus, a university scientist told state legislators Wednesday. The concentration was about ...

If GenX, those born between 1965 and 1980, has one defining characteristic, it’s resilience. Many of us grew up as “latchkey kids,” raised on Hot Pockets, hose water, and afterschool specials. While ...

WILMINGTON -- A former DuPont plant has been discharging an unregulated toxic chemical into the Cape Fear River since 1980, company officials revealed Thursday at a meeting with local and state ...

Mike Watters is angry. The military veteran lives in a subdivision about a mile from the center of Fayetteville Works, a plant owned by DuPont affiliate Chemours. “Twenty-three years in special forces ...

Chemours wants to expand its operations at the company’s chemical plant outside Fayetteville. While company representatives feel the move will be good for North Carolina, residents staunchly oppose ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Last fall, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reported that GenX chemicals were more toxic than the “forever chemicals” they were developed to replace. Now, a new University at ...