CHEMOURS LEAKS MORE GENX, NC SENATE REFUSES TO PROPERLY FUND DEQ: Tests by Chemours in mid-December found levels of GenX nearly 20 times higher than the state's health limit of 140 parts per trillion in a water outflow near the company's Fayetteville Works plant. Cassie Gavin, director of government relations for the North Carolina Sierra Club, said GenX and other emerging contaminants are a problem the state will be dealing with for a long time. "I think we're going to continue to see these problems over and over again, and that's why the state really needs to have a concerted effort to deal with it going forward, to deal with emerging contaminants like GenX and like other chemicals," Gavin said. The recent spike is the latest indication that state lawmakers need to restore some of the staff cuts made to DEQ, she said. State House lawmakers unanimously passed a measure three weeks ago to give DEQ $2.9 million in additional funding to respond to GenX contamination, but Senate leaders have so far refused to consider it, saying they believe DEQ can handle the issue with current resources.
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