Community Meetings

Community Meetings

Meetings from 2024

Community Meetings to review 2023 sampling results

We held three community meetings throughout Fall 2024 to discuss 2023 PFAS blood sample results specific to each community in the study. The slides for each meeting are linked below.

Community Webinar reviewing 2023 sampling results

August 2024 | Virtual

  • View for a discussion of the 2023 PFAS blood results from the communities of Pittsboro, Fayetteville, and the Lower Cape Fear River Basin.
  • Speakers: Jane Hoppin, ScD

Webinar on a recently published research article

March 2024 | Virtual

  • View for an overview of our recent findings on the relationship between PFAS in blood and well water in the Fayetteville area.
  • Speakers: Nadine Kotlarz, PhD

Meetings from 2022

Webinar on 2020-2021 Blood PFAS Results

October 2022 | Virtual

  • View for an overview of the 2020-2021 PFAS blood findings
  • Speakers: Carolyn Mattingly, PhD; Jane Hoppin, ScD; Nadine Kotlarz, PhD

Facebook Live Event in Spanish and English

December 2022 | Virtual

Wilmington Community Meeting, Dec. 7

December 2022 | Cape Fear Community College

Meetings from 2021

In-person / Virtual Fayetteville Community Meeting (Slides)

November 2021 | Fayetteville, NC

  • Drs. Hoppin and Kotlarz shared the PFAS results from blood from Bladen and Cumberland County residents sampled in February 2019.

Meetings from 2020

Virtual Fayetteville Community Meeting (Slides)

June 2020 | Fayetteville, NC

  • Drs. Hoppin and Kotlarz shared the PFAS results from the private wells sampled in February 2019.

Latino Alliance Facebook Live Event (Slides & Recording)

October 2020 | University of North Carolina Wilmington

  • Dr. Hoppin discussed the GenX Exposure Study and upcoming recruitment with members of the UNC-Wilmington Latino Alliance.

Meetings from 2018

New Hanover Drinking Water Community Meeting (Slides)

April 2018 | Wilmington, NC

  • Dr. Kotlarz provided PFAS tap water results to Wilmington residents.

Blood Results Community Meeting (Slides in English & Spanish)

November 2018 | Wilmington, NC

  • PFAS blood results were discussed with Wilmington residents.