STRICTER EPA RISK STUDY BOOSTS ACTIVISTS' BID TO LIMIT DIOXANE EXPOSURE

摘要

A new EPA assessment showing significantly greater cancer risks from the solvent 1,4 dioxane - a common contaminant at waste sites and in personal care products - may give environmentalists greater leverage in their calls for manufacturers to remove the chemical from their products and for stricter cleanup requirements.rn"A new assessment showing [dioxane] is 17 times more potent than they thought is a big concern because we are finding it in many children's products," a source with the Environmental Working Group (EWG) told Inside EPA. Among the products activists are targeting is a popular Dial soap, which they say contains among the highest levels of the chemical among the tested products.