Arizona may develop perchlorate standard

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Poison oozes into water supply

Task force could recommend a standard for perchlorate

Mary Jo Pitzl
The Arizona Republic
May. 5, 2004

_From the Colorado River to a north Phoenix explosives firm, perchlorate
has been seeping into Arizona's water supply.

Now it has flowed to the attention of state officials, who on Tuesday
announced a task force to track the amount of the contaminant in
Arizona's water supplies. The effort by four state agencies could create
the state's first-ever standard for perchlorate, a component of rocket
fuel that has been shown to inhibit the function of the thyroid gland.

Steve Owens, director of the Arizona Department of Environmental
Quality, said perchlorate is on the rise as a water contaminant. Owners
of the former UPCO plant in March reported perchlorate in groundwater
wells at the north Phoenix facility. Tests found levels ranging from 43
to 130 parts per billion in wells southeast of the plant, which
manufactures ejector seats and uses rocket propellant.

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for the entire story, see
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/0505perchlorate05.html

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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