Researchers from NC State University were in Wilmington back in 2021 collecting blood samples from residents to study the levels of forever chemicals in humans and the impacts the chemicals have on our overall health. Researchers from the GenX Exposure Study, took blood samples from a thousand people across the state, looking at the levels of forever chemicals, including PFAS, in their bodies and the results have been arming to residents.
“All of these chemicals are measured in all the people in the United States, except that the levels for people in the Cape Fear River Basin are much higher,” Dr. Jane Hoppin (Project 1), principal researcher for this study, said. “So, this summer and fall, we’re going to re-contact, all those 1000 people who enrolled, and we’re going to bring them in again to collect another blood sample. So, we’ll measure PFAS again, we’ll also measure some of the clinical outcomes like thyroid, hormones, lipids, comprehensive metabolic panel.” Click HERE to read more.