"Chemical in Fayetteville’s Tap Water May Cause Cancer"

"Fayetteville’s public drinking water does not contain GenX, but another chemical that is just as troubling — a likely carcinogen known as 1,4 dioxane — has been detected in greater concentrations in city water over the past year.

Water from the city’s Public Works Commission has contained 1,4 dioxane at levels exceeding a federal health advisory every year since the threshold was set in 2013. The PWC, like several other utilities in the state, gets most of its water from the Cape Fear River.

The PWC recently released its annual water quality report for 2017, which concludes that “recent tests confirm GenX is not in PWC drinking water.”"

Greg Barnes reports for the Fayetteville Observer April 15, 2018.