Source: Lisa Sorg, NC POLICY WATCH, 12/10/19


Food packaging could be a source of toxic perfluorinated compounds detected in compost produced by New Hanover County.  According to county sampling data from this fall, the individual levels of 16 types of PFAS in the compounds were low, ranging from less than 1 part per trillion to just over 3 ppt. There is no EPA or state recommended health goal or an enforceable maximum contaminant level for PFAS in compost. In drinking water, the state has adopted the EPA’s recommended goal of no more than 10 ppt for a single compound or a combined total of 70 ppt.

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