Myron B. Pitts: Pulling for the 'hometown utility' – and all of us – against cancer-causing agent
So, the Public Works Commission water treatment systems do not filter the chemical known as 1,4 dioxane, a potential carcinogenic.“What we get coming in, pretty much goes through the system and it’s what’s coming out,” says Chad Ham, the PWCs Water Resources environmental program manager.When the chemical gets into the water – in our case the Cape Fear River – it gets in their rather good.“It’s a very water-soluble compound, […]
