[CPEO-BIF] Minnesota tightens TCE standards

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Well water health risks prompt state action

by Elizabeth Dunbar
Minnesota Public Radio
May 30, 2013

ST. PAUL, Minn. — A contaminant found in well water in three east  
metro communities could be a bigger health risk than previously  
thought, leading state officials to install more filters to protect  
residents' drinking water.

The Minnesota Department of Health has revised its health-based  
guidance for trichloroethylene, or TCE.

Private wells in Bayport, Baytown Township and West Lakeland Township  
had already been retrofitted with special filters if TCE levels were  
5 micrograms per liter or above.

That level was associated with cancer risks, but more recent research  
has shown TCE could present health risks to the immune system, said  
Kate Sande, a health department toxicologist. The new health  
department guidelines recommend exposure levels below 0.4 micrograms  
per liter.

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For the entire article, see
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2013/05/30/environment/ 
well-water-health-risks-prompt-state-action

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Lenny Siegel
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