Perchlorate at Redstone Arsenal

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

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Rocket fuel contaminates parts of Redstone Arsenal

By Martin Burkey 
Decatur Daily News (AL)
May 5, 2004

HUNTSVILLE ? Redstone Arsenal requested $200,000 from the Army to clean
up rocket fuel contamination, but a spokesman said the chemical hasn't
harmed the drinking-water supplies of Huntsville, Decatur or the other
communities surrounding the 38,000-acre Army base. 

The Pentagon missed a deadline last week for sending Congress a report
on contamination by a toxic chemical at defense sites nationwide. 

Perchlorate, an ingredient in rocket fuel, has been found in drinking
water supplies in 22 states where it was manufactured and handled. It
has been linked to damage to the thyroid and may be especially harmful
to infants. 

Redstone began investigating perchlorate contamination when it was first
mentioned as an environmental contaminant in 1998, arsenal spokesman Pam
Rogers said. 

"Before that we did not know about the possibility of perchlorate as a
contaminant on Redstone," she said. 

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for the entire story, see
http://www.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/news/040505/fuel.shtml 

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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
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