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The PFAS contamination of Cape Fear River has been a source of controversy for years. A 2007 EPA study found evidence of PFAS contamination downstream of the plant and throughout the Cape Fear River basin, including high concentrations near the Ft Bragg and Pope Field military bases. In 2016, researchers discovered contamination farther downstream, as well as in local drinking water, a revelation that spawned a spate of news coverage. Since then the state has engaged in a back-and-forth with the offending companies over the issue. In 2017 the North Carolina department of environmental quality blocked the DuPont plant (now operated by a DuPont offshoot The Chemours Company) from discharging into the Cape Fear, and later entered into a consent order requiring Chemours pay a $12m fine.

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