WILMINGTON, N.C. -- The Environmental Protection Agency released a toxicity report on GenX, and the data suggests cancer.

• The EPA says if a person ingests 0.00008 mg/kg per day of GenX over a lifetime, then it will be unlikely to lead to adverse health effects.
• Compared to NCDHHS reference dose used to calculate health goal for GenX, EPA reference dose is lower.
• Environmental engineers encourage community members to write to the EPA if they want to see faster change.

It says, "Animal studies have shown health effects in the kidney, blood, immune system, developing fetus, and especially in the liver following oral exposure."

Beth Markesino, a Wilmington resident and president of Stop GenX in Our Water, says she's glad someone came forward about the health effects.

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Her friend's son died from cancer, and she says it's no coincidence GenX was found in their water.

"He just passed away two years ago," said Markesino. "And for them to say that it wasn't caused by the water and stuff like that, it just makes me so very mad. So now, to hear that the EPA acknowledges this, it's like a win."

In the report, the EPA says if a person ingests 0.00008 mg/kg per day of GenX over a lifetime, then it will be unlikely to lead to adverse health effects.

Markesino says, that number moving down is a step in the right direction.

"A lot of chemicals have started out with 600 parts per trillion or 1,000 parts per trillion, and then they've gone all the way down to 7 parts per trillion. It takes time," said Markesino.

She encourages community members to write to the EPA if they want to see faster change.