2004 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: 8 Nov 2004 20:37:46 -0000
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] Perchlorate pollution in Israel
 
Health Ministry: Water from closed Ramat Hasharon well is drinkable


By Amiram Cohen
Haaretz (Israel)
November 8, 2004

The Health Ministry informed the Ramat Hasharon municipality at the end
of last week that the local well water is fit to drink and that there is
no danger in using it "in the foreseeable future," in spite of the fact
the concentration of perchlorate, a potentially dangerous chemical, in
the water is hundreds of times the unofficial standard.

The statement followed the city's closure of a well in the Morasha
neighborhood, near the Israel Military Industries.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/498610.html
-- 


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>
http://www.cpeo.org
_______________________________________________
Military mailing list
Military@list.cpeo.org
http://www.cpeo.org/mailman/listinfo/military

  Prev by Date: [CPEO-MEF] Vietnam disposes biggest bomb
Next by Date: [CPEO-MEF] Defense plant pollution lawsuit in Florida
  Prev by Thread: [CPEO-MEF] Vietnam disposes biggest bomb
Next by Thread: [CPEO-MEF] Defense plant pollution lawsuit in Florida

CPEO Home
CPEO Lists
Author Index
Date Index
Thread Index