Source: Greg Barnes, FAYETTEVILLE OBSERVER, 10/7/19


That promise doesn’t ring true with people living near the plant, many of whom are drinking bottled water because Chemours polluted their wells and the Cape Fear River. They find no reason to trust the company. During a tour of Chemours last week, plant manager Brian Long stopped near a maze of pipes to explain new carbon adsorption systems that the company says are reducing airborne emissions of GenX and other potentially harmful fluorochemicals by 92 percent from 2017 levels.

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