People wonder about the health risks they face – from driving on Interstate 4, to sun exposure, to consuming alcohol, to eating bacon and more – but drinking tap water usually isn’t one of them. Many ...

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 ...

On April 27, 2022, the cleanup plan for the Dover Municipal Landfill Superfund Site in New Hampshire was reopened to add 1,4-dioxane as a groundwater contaminant of concern. EPA’s proposed ...

SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – Seminole County leaders recently addressed concerns from residents about a harmful compound that’s been found in drinking water throughout the area, according to reports. A ...

AND. NOW THAT WE KNOW MORE ABOUT WHAT 114 DIOXANE IS, PEOPLE ARE HOW TO GET IT OUT OF THEIR WATER. COULD HOME FILTRATION BE THE ANSWER. WESH 2’S MICHELLE MEREDITH TAKES A LOOK AT. THE POTENTIAL ...

The latest water samples taken from the Haw River indicate that a slug of 1,4-dioxane has passed by Pittsboro’s water intake. Here, Duke University researchers are shown collecting samples on the Haw ...

Beginning more than a half-century ago, a cancer-linked chemical has been plunging hundreds of feet through sinkholes beneath a telecommunications factory in Lake Mary, spreading for miles through the ...

SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. — The Seminole County Commission is expected to discuss 1,4-dioxane at their meeting Tuesday afternoon. The chemical, which is potentially carcinogenic, was found in the county's ...

Tests of drinking water from two wells in Liberty New York Water’s Merrick district identified the chemical 1,4-dioxane at levels exceeding the state’s standard of 1 part per billion, according to a ...

The City of Burlington released an industrial chemical and probable human carcinogen from one of its wastewater treatment plants eight days ago, it informed Pittsboro on Friday. Pittsboro’s drinking ...

News 12 is providing an exclusive look inside the labs at Yale University as researchers search for answers about how 1,4 dioxane impacts the human body. News 12 is also exploring the impact a Yale ...

A slug of 1,4-dioxane is likely making its way down the Haw River from Burlingon to Pittsboro, Pittsboro officials announced Friday. This photo shows a bridge on the Haw River. Travis Long ...