Seminole agrees with the DEP’s general findings, which are based on extensive chemical fingerprinting of wells tapping the ...

The State reported that a study by the Environmental Integrity Project, a watchdog organization, uncovered that factories ...

A push by North Carolina's powerful industry groups has some worried pollution in Asheboro and elsewhere will go unchecked.

TAMPA, Fla. — Late Thursday evening, over objections from neighbors, Hillsborough County commissioners gave final approval to ...

Local elected officials are pushing a broad range of bills to address toxic chemical pollution in North Carolina, including ...

And 1,4 dioxane, a contaminant that can show up in trace amounts in some cosmetics, has been identified as a potential ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality has created a human health risk assessment of 1,4-dioxane in drinking water. “1,4-dioxane is a clear liquid ...

The state of New Jersey sued Dow in 2024, alleging the company contaminated state waterways and groundwater with 1,4-dioxane, a synthetic chemical classified by the U.S. Environmental Protection ...

It is also where three municipal governments — Asheboro, Greensboro and Reidsville — are legally dumping dangerous levels of 1,4-dioxane, a colorless industrial solvent linked to cancer.