Stop The Flow of Toxic Waste
by Marcia Lee Jones
Title
Stop The Flow of Toxic Waste
Artist
Marcia Lee Jones
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Two types of industrial waste of particular concern are dry cleaning fluids and embalming fluids. Drycleaning fluids have contaminated groundwater supplies in all areas of the United States. One of themost common contaminants is PCE (perchloroethylene or tetrachloroethylene, Cl2C=CCl2). As asuspected carcinogen, PCE must be removed from water to very low levels. The US EPA maximumcontaminant level (MCL) for PCE in drinking water is 5 ppb (5 parts per billion, or 5 mg/L). States such
as New Jersey have set MCLs as low as 1 ppb for PCE in public water supplies. Cemeteries can be asource of ground water contamination caused by decaying organic matter and embalming fluids. Infact, there are several historical accounts of pollution of water wells in the vicinity of cemeteries.
Embalming fluids include carcinogens. The threat of embalming fluids contaminating the water supply
has prompted some cities to decrease the size of planned large cemeteries. With our aging population
there is no doubt that embalming fluids will increasingly be a source of water pollution unless
something changes.
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June 22nd, 2015
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