Hempstead Village’s drinking water contains “unacceptable” levels of 1,4 dioxane, a likely carcinogen. Now they’re getting $1.75 million to do something about it. “Hempstead Village is ...
On November 14, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) determined that 1,4-dioxane presents an unreasonable risk of injury to human health under ...
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Shocking new study finds unregulated substances in American drinking water: 'Thousands of other harmful chemicals'Some communities are more at risk than others. Shocking new study finds unregulated substances in American drinking water: 'Thousands of other harmful chemicals' first appeared on The Cool Down.
An upstream wastewater facility released record levels of a toxic chemical into the drinking water supply of the tri-county ...
DEQ is also monitoring wastewater plants in Burlington, Greensboro, High Point, and Reidsville, where some progress has been made in reducing contamination.
Nobody is putting 1,4-dioxane into shampoo on purpose. It’s a carcinogenic impurity that forms in a side reaction during the production of ethoxylated alcohols, a class of surfactants used in ...
DEQ detected elevated levels of 1,4-dioxane in a sample collected on January 24 from the City of Asheboro’s wastewater ...
The Asheboro Wastewater Treatment Plant's 1,4-dioxane discharge reached 3,520 parts per billion—more than 10,000 times the chemical’s cancer risk threshold.
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