WILMINGTON -- A toxicologist from NC State is working to learn more about GenX, and she’s depending on help from the public to do it.
The unregulated chemical made its debut in the Cape Fear River almost five months ago after being linked to a chemical plant in Fayetteville.
NC State’s Dr. Jane Hoppin will collect blood and urine samples from 400 volunteers to find out if GenX can be measured in the human body.
"I know people are concerned about, since they've turned off the sources of some of the chemicals, whether or not we will be able to measure it. So we're moving very fast to try and do the collection as soon as possible. But what is means is were doing most of a two-year project in a month," said Jane Hoppin, Department of Biological Sciences.
Dr. Hoppin is still looking for candidates, mainly millennials and minorities, to help out with the study.