New York Urged to Impose Drinking Water Standard for Carcinogen
HAUPPAGE, N.Y. (AP) — Environmental activists are asking state officials to impose a drinking water standard for a probable carcinogen detected in water supplies throughout Long Island.
Newsday reports (http://nwsdy.li/2gctZoX ) a federal Environmental Protection Agency survey returned results that showed that the chemical 1,4-Dioxane was found in nearly every water district on Long Island.
The solvent is used as a stabilizer for industrial chemicals and in personal care products such as detergent.
Suffolk County Legislator Kara Hahn, a Setauket (seh-TAW’-kiht) Democrat, says she was working on a request to develop a drinking water standard for 1,4-Dioxane on behalf of the Legislature.
The Suffolk County Water Authority received approval from the state Department of Health to construct a treatment system to remove the chemical.
The EPA does not have a drinking water regulation for 1,4-Dioxane.
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