[CPEO-MEF] Group calling for cleanup of perchlorate in Aberdeen

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Group calling for cleanup of perchlorate in Aberdeen
1 well shut after chemical was detected this week
By Lane Harvey Brown
Sun Staff
Originally published October 3, 2002, 10:32 PM EDT

The community watchdog group that monitors environmental cleanup at
Aberdeen Proving Ground called on the Defense Department Thursday to
authorize an immediate cleanup of chemical contamination found in the
town of Aberdeen's wells.

The call was made after tests this week found perchlorate, a chemical
used in rocket fuel and explosives, in the town's treated drinking water
at a level of 1 part per billion, the state's maximum allowable level.

The test results spurred city officials to shut down one well and halve
production at two others.

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