GENX EXPOSURE STUDY RECEIVES FUNDING TO LOOK AT EFFECTS OF PFAS ON METABOLIC, LONG-TERM HEALTH

DURHAM, N.C., Sept. 8 -- North Carolina State University issued the following press release:

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Researchers from North Carolina State University have received a four-year, $4.2 million grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) to continue studying the effects of exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and newly identified perfluoroalkyl ether acids (PFEA) - such as GenX - on more than 1,000 residents from certain communities within the Cape Fear River Basin.

The work represents the continuation of a project that began in November 2017 in response to the contamination of drinking water in Wilmington by GenX an...