Watters is one of 50 or so residential well users now getting bottled water from Chemours because tests on their wells showed levels of GenX above the state’s health advisory goal of 140 parts per trillion.
Watters and his son are taking baths at work while his wife uses bottled water from Chemours to take showers in a trailer the family owns.
"I can’t drink it, give it to my animals, I don’t even want to shower in it.
A lot of people who attended the forum had questions about the possible health effects of GenX.
“What our data can show, is that if these chemicals are in the water, that they actually are in your blood or are in the urine.
Knappe is the scientist whose research team discovered GenX in the Cape Fear River in 2013.
However, the GenX and other fluorochemical compounds that ended up in private wells near the plant were likely airborne.
Chemours first tested wells within a mile from the center of the Fayetteville Works plant—now the company is testing an additional 450 wells within a mile from the plant’s boundary.
State Working With Chemours To Find Permanent Solution Kritzer said state officials are working with Chemours to find a permanent solution to the problem for contaminated wells, including installing effective filters, digging deeper wells or tying residents into the county water supply.
Brown, 68, is currently getting bottled water from Chemours.