Setting Model For States, New York Limits 1,4-Dioxane In Drinking Water

Correction Appended New York’s adoption of a first-in-the-nation drinking water limit for the emerging contaminant 1,4-dioxane could set a potential model for other states as they contemplate regulating the chemical, after EPA this past February deferred a decision to set such a standard in order to await additional data. The state’s action was part of a set of drinking water regulations, including two for two per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), that New York on July 30 announced it had...