The North Carolina Department of Environmental Protection identified at least five Triad wastewater treatment facilities that have detected high amounts of the forever chemical 1,4-dioxane.

Lake Mary’s water plant, more costly and complex than conventional ones, is gaining visibility nationally as a utility solution for water contaminants of rising concern like 1,4-dioxane.

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 ...

It’s been nine months since Seminole officials promised the county would be more transparent to its residents about the amount of 1,4-dioxane — a suspected carcinogen — in their drinking water.

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 tlong@ ...

Some social media posts, like this one on TikTok, claim the state is limiting the amount of 1,4-dioxane that can be present in these products. A VERIFY reader also asked if New York has banned the ...

A New York law limits the amount of 1,4-dioxane, which the U.S. EPA calls a “probable human carcinogen,” in laundry detergents and other common household items.