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The city’s water – before treatment – contains small but concerning amounts of 1,4-dioxane, a chemical labeled by federal authorities as probably carcinogenic.
The U.S. EPA began sampling water in the area for 1, 4-dioxane in 2022. According to the National Library of Medicine, 1,4 dioxane in large amounts can cause liver and kidney damage as well as ...
The South Burlington Wastewater Treatment Plant, where the slug of 1,4-dioxane made its way into the Haw, has a capacity of 12 million gallons a day and averages seven to eight million gallons daily.
Industrial chemicals such as 1,4-Dioxane and other pollutants have been found in its tributary, the Haw River. In 2020, a national study of tap water found the highest concentration of PFAS in Brunswick County , which gets its drinking water from the Cape Fear River.
Prior to the release, 1,4-dioxane was measured at 2.4 parts per billion in the Haw, below the Environmental Protection Agency’s health advisory goal of 35 ppb. After the release, The N&O ...
1,4-Dioxane (/ d aɪ ˈ ɒ k s eɪ n /) is a heterocyclic organic compound, classified as an ether. It is a colorless liquid with a faint sweet odor similar to that of diethyl ether . The compound is often called simply dioxane because the other dioxane isomers ( 1,2- and 1,3- ) are rarely encountered.
DEQ’s limits on PFAS are being opposed by the NC Chamber, while Triad-area utilities are opposed to 1,4-dioxane limits in surface water.
In the United Kingdom, the environmental regulator permits only chemical additives which are classed as non hazardous to groundwater for fracturing fluids. [3] [4] [5] Operators are required to disclose the content of hydraulic fracturing fluids to the relevant environment agency [6] while the composition must be disclosed if the regulator demands it. [7]