Contributed RALEIGH – The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Water Resources (DWR) has been informed of elevated 1,4-dioxane levels discharged from the City of Asheboro Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) to Hasketts Creek, which drains to the Deep River within the Cape Fear River Basin.
1,4-Dioxane is categorized by the EPA as a likely human carcinogen, or a substance that likely can cause cancer. See EPA’s Risk Ev…
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