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GenX Update: Chemical Threshold, EPA Meeting, And Ongoing Concerns

File photo of a protest sign in front of Chemours' President of Fluoroproducts Paul Kirsch during a community meeting hosted by the chemical company Chemours at Faith Tabernacle Christian Center in St. Pauls, N.C. on Tuesday, June 12, 2018.
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Earlier this week the state turned down ’ suggestion to raise the acceptable amount of GenX, a chemical found in the water, soil and air around its North Carolina plant. The Secretaries’ Science Advisory Board instead

This week, , expressed concern about ’ handling of the GenX issue. That comes after the company announced earlier this month that it would not hold a public meeting in Wilmington. In a letter to Gov. Roy Cooper, Davis said that if efuses to meet with Wilmington residents, the should force the company to end their operations.

Host Frank Stasio gets an update on and GenX from , a reporter at WHQR.

 

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Amanda Magnus is the executive producer of Embodied, a weekly radio show and podcast about sex, relationships and health. She has also worked on other ¼ª²ÊÍøÍøÕ¾ shows including Tested and CREEP.
Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.
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