Top 10 stories of 2018: GenX, carcinogens in Cape Fear water, No. 3
Water quality continued to be a major issue for residents in the Cape Fear region during 2018 as chemicals with unknown health effects remained in private wells and the Cape Fear River.Hundreds of wells around a Bladen County plant are contaminated with GenX, a potentially carcinogenic compound made at the facility.The chemical 1,4 dioxane, a cancer causing agent used as a solvent in the manufacture of chemicals, has been found in water from Fayetteville’s Public […]
