FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. -- Dozens of residents in the North Carolina are finally getting answers on when they could possibly see something done about GenX.

  • The Environmental Protection Agency hosted a community forum in Fayetteville Tuesday
  • Representatives said they're working with state partners in hopes of putting an end to GenX and other potentially harmful chemicals
  • The EPA said a management plan is expected to be out by the end of 2018

On Tuesday, the Environmental Protection Agency hosted a community forum in Fayetteville. Representatives for the company were there to talk about GenX and other harmful chemicals found in several neighborhoods.

GenX comes from the chemical plant Chemours and is known to give cancer to animals. The company users the compound to make household products, but researchers found the company dumped the toxin in the Cape Fear River in June 2017.

Representatives for the EPA said they're working with state partners in hopes of putting an end to GenX and other potentially harmful chemicals.

"I think we need to know what they're emitting and how much of it," Kure Beach resident Effie Sparrow said. "The second thing is with the EPA protecting our environment, needs to run studies...toxicology studies to determine what are safe levels for this."

The EPA said a management plan is expected to be out by the end of 2018.