/tags/dioxane dioxane en-US Copyright Mon, 07 Apr 2025 13:11:49 GMT /environment/2025-04-07/troubled-water-nc-cities-can-dump-a-chemical-linked-to-cancer-in-rivers-the-epa-may-change-just-how-much The Cape Fear River Basin is the source of drinking water for 1.5 million North Carolina residents. 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. Mon, 07 Apr 2025 13:11:49 GMT /environment/2025-04-07/troubled-water-nc-cities-can-dump-a-chemical-linked-to-cancer-in-rivers-the-epa-may-change-just-how-much Jane Winik Sartwell | Carolina Public Press /environment/2019-10-16/deq-investigating-chemical-discharge-in-cape-fear-river-basin The city of Greensboro says a contractor is responsible for dumping a potentially carcinogenic chemical into the water supply in the Cape Fear River… Wed, 16 Oct 2019 23:04:14 GMT /environment/2019-10-16/deq-investigating-chemical-discharge-in-cape-fear-river-basin Naomi P. Brown