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Chemical found in groundwater near DuPont plant in Fayetteville

Associated Press, Staff
Published May 25, 2005

FAYETTEVILLE - A chemical that DuPont makes in Fayetteville has been found in groundwater under the plant. The company says the chemical didn't come from the new $23 million building where it's produced but from a leaking cement cistern. The chemical is used to produce Teflon and similar products. A state hydrologist said it also was detected at trace levels in DuPont wastewater discharged into the Cape Fear River. The chemical is commonly known by its trademarked name, C-Eight, and is the same chemical that contaminated public water supplies around a DuPont plant in West Virginia. That contamination led to a class-action lawsuit involving more than 50,000 people. DuPont has notified North Carolina officials of the contamination. They're allowing the company to oversee additional testing for the chemical.
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