Perchlorate at Mount Greylock (MA) school

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

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'Sensitive populations' may be endangered by perchlorate levels at Mount
Greylock school 

By Carrie Saldo
North Adams Transcript (MA)
May 19, 2004

Wednesday, May 19, 2004 - WILLIAMSTOWN --Perchlorate levels in the water
at Mount Greylock Regional School District may present a danger to
pregnant women, prepubescent children and people with hyper-thyroidism,
according to the Department of Environmental Protection. 

DEP spokeswoman Eva Tor said Tuesday that May 7 split sample testing
results showed 5.23 and 5.05 parts per billion of the chemical in the
south well, near the cafeteria, and 1.14 and 1.03 parts per billion in
the gymnasium or north well.

Levels over one part per billion can be harmful to "sensitive
populations" while levels of 18 parts per million are considered a
health risk for the general population.

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for the entire story, see
http://www.thetranscript.com/Stories/0,1413,103~9054~2158564,00.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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