Newly discovered bacterium rids problematic pair of toxic groundwater contaminants
Tuesday, October 9, 2018 - 10:20
in Earth & Climate
Known as a chemical manufacturing by-product of many cosmetics and home cleaning products, the industrial solvent 1,4-Dioxane is now considered by the Environmental Protection Agency to be an "emerging contaminant" and "likely human carcinogen" that can be found at thousands of groundwater sites nationally—potentially representing a multi-billion dollar environmental remediation challenge.