Controls Needed for Solvent, Chemical Byproduct, EPA Says (1)

Companies’ use of a solvent to produce other substances and its unintentional formation through common household and commercial products will have to be restricted because the chemical could harm workers and the general public, the EPA has concluded.

Drinking water rules are among the actions the Environmental Protection Agency will consider to manage the solvent, 1,4-dioxane, the EPA said in the risk evaluation, which it released Wednesday.

An agreement documenting the joint efforts the EPA’s water and chemicals offices will pursue to regulate 1,4-dioxane will be posted in the risk evaluation’s docket, according to a Federal Register notice that ...