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The state Department of Environmental Quality said Thursday that preliminary test results showed residential water wells containing the little-studied compound GenX in amounts exceeding a state health target.
Delaware-based Chemours Co. said in a statement that it will provide neighbors whose wells showed elevated levels of the chemical free bottled water until a long-term solution is found.
It is similar to other chemicals suspected of increasing cancer risks.
Cooper said Thursday he would veto the measure sent to him three weeks ago. Now Republican legislators returning in early October must decide whether to try to override the veto — his 12th since taking office in January.
A plant upstream from Wilmington discharged the chemical into the Cape Fear River until recently.