[CPEO-BIF] 1, 4 dioxane at former Industrial Excess Landfill, Lake Twp., Ohio

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

EPA shifts focus to determining extent of former landfill's dioxane plume

By Kelly Byer
Canton Repository (OH)
November 20, 2022

LAKE TWP. − The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's groundwater investigation around a former landfill has sampled about 110 private wells in the area and now will focus more on defining the extent of 1,4 dioxane contamination.

Dioxane primarily was used as a stabilizer in industrial, commercial and consumer products and is likely a human carcinogen, according to the EPA. It's considered an "emerging contaminant" that's become more easily detected with advances in testing.

The Potentially Responsible Parties (PRPs) ― companies associated with the operation and use of the former Industrial Excess Landfill ― were obligated to clean up the site and perform long-term monitoring. The landfill operated east of Cleveland Avenue NW and south of Hilltop Street NW from 1966 to 1980.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/stark-county/2022/11/20/epa-examining-dioxane-at-former-industrial-excess-landfill-stark-county-lake-township/69652056007/


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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)

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