EPA: Dimock water supplies ‘merit further investigation’

EPA: Dimock water supplies ‘merit further investigation’ by Laura Legere, December 31, 2011, The Times-Tribune
Cabot test results of the residents’ water supplies that had been marked confidential in litigation between the company and 11 of the affected families were released publicly in early December, after the EPA performed its preliminary review. Those tests, taken in August and September by a Cabot contractor, showed elevated levels of metals and bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate, a plasticizer commonly called DEHP. They also detected other chemicals including glycols, which are used in antifreeze, surfactants, and 2-methoxyethanol, a solvent, in the drinking water wells.