The Cape Fear River — the Wilmington area’s primary source of drinking water — has been polluted with toxic chemicals known as PFAS for at least 30 year. Traditional water-treatment systems were unable to filter out the chemicals. (Port City Daily photo / CFPUA)
WILMINGTON — Make no mistake: Geoff Gisler is not pleased that Chemours recently violated a judge’s order to keep toxic chemicals out of the Cape Fear River.
Gisler, an attorney with the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC), won’t be satisfied until the substances known as PFAS — including Genx — are no longer escaping from the Chemours plant near Fayetteville. Compared to several years ago, when there was little being done to stop high levels of PFAS from flowing into the river, Gisler believes the recent violations are a good problem to have.