Cape Fear River Watch vows to hold Chemours accountable

A chemical manufacturing company responsible for contaminating the drinking water sources of tens of thousands of North Carolinians is not adequately curbing its releases of PFAS into the environment, a Wilmington-based environmental group says.

In a recent notice to the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, Cape Fear River Watch asserts that Chemours’ Fayetteville Works plant continues to exceed emission and discharge limits established under a 2019 consent order.

Chemours “is breaking their word – they are violating the consent order and continuing to pollute our air and water with forever chemicals,” Cape Fear River Keeper Kemp Burdette said in a release…

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