[CPEO-BIF] 1, 4-dioxane in the Floridan Aquifer - from former Siemens plant

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

How a toxic chemical infiltrated the Floridan Aquifer, tainting Seminole County tap water

By Kevin Spear, Caroline Catherman, Martin E. Comas
Orlando Sentinel (FL)
July 18, 2023

The toxic chemical in the drinking water of thousands of Seminole County homes has properties that can seem sinister.

1,4-dioxane turns water into its Trojan Horse. Colorless and smelling mildly sweet, it does that because it is infinitely soluble, or entirely dissolvable in water.

With that trick, it masquerades among crystalline currents deep underground in the Floridan Aquifer where Lake Mary, Sanford and Seminole County obtain drinking water.

In its cloak of aquifer water, the chemical sticks to nothing, not sand, rock or clay. It won’t be deterred, except by costly intervention, en route to kitchen faucets and showers.

The chemical also is known to flood into tiny pores of underground aquifers and then bleed back out for decades as a continuing problem for generations to come.

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For the entire article, see
https://news.yahoo.com/toxic-chemical-infiltrated-floridan-aquifer-150000864.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650-961-8918
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