For decades, DuPont and Chemours dumped C8 (aka PFOA) into our drinking water - poisoning us, our children, and our livelihoods.

Now, these chemical giants are back at it with a new harmful chemical -- GenX.

GenX, a relative of C8, was found in water near the DuPont / Chemours Washington Works plant in Parkersburg, WV and Fayatteville, NC. Both GenX and C8 belong to a larger group of chemicals known as PFAS, which are structurally similar and believed to persist indefinitely in nature.

Scientists report that chemicals with similar structures have similar effects, as Environmental Working Group reported in June:

GenX is a successor to PFOA, formerly used by DuPont to make Teflon. PFOA has been linked to cancer in people, reduced effectiveness of childhood vaccines and other serious health problems at even the smallest doses. GenX's chemical structure is very similar to PFOA's, it was not adequately tested for safety before being put on the market and in 2009 DuPont acknowledged to the Environmental Protection Agency it caused cancer in lab animals.

Don't let history repeat itself. Tell Chemours to stop dumping GenX!