Presented By: Center for Midlife Science
Environmental Research Seminar: 1,4-Dioxane in Cape Fear River Basin, North Carolina
Detlef Knappe, PhD (Professor of Civil, Construction, & Environmental Engineering, North Carolina State University)
Abstract: 1,4-Dioxane is a known liver and kidney toxicant and is classified as likely carcinogenic to humans. 1,4-Dioxane is a water soluble solvent recognized by the US EPA as an emerging drinking water contaminant of concern. Communities in North Carolina, Michigan, and elsewhere share significant concern over 1,4-D-contaminated drinking water. This contaminant has been detected in municipal drinking water in Pittsboro, NC, at some of the highest levels in the US due to contamination in the Cape Fear River basin. In Washtenaw County, MI, a migrating 1,4-D groundwater contamination plume at concentrations above benchmarks has contaminated numerous drinking water wells including a former municipal supply well.
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