"Chemours Commits To End GenX in Cape Fear River"

"WILMINGTON, Del. -- The chemical giant that has been releasing an unregulated chemical into the Cape Fear River for more than 35 years announced Tuesday that it will immediately start a process to capture that substance.

In a release entitled, 'Chemours announces voluntary actions to respond to North Carolina community,' the Delaware-based chemical company announced it will take steps starting Wednesday to capture all wastewater containing the GenX chemical, remove the substance and dispose of it.

'We are capturing the byproduct GenX from the waste streams of the fluoromonomer production and disposing of it,' Gary Cambre, a Chemours spokesman, wrote in an email."

Adam Wagner reports for the Wilmington Star News June 20, 2017.