[CPEO-MEF] Children and Perchlorate

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Group urges chemical cleanup

ENVIRONMENT: A report says perchlorate at current levels may be harmful 
to children.

By DAVID DANELSKI
Riverside Press-Enterprise (CA)
January 10, 2005

A rocket fuel chemical that has contaminated the Colorado River and 
several other Inland drinking water sources should be cleaned up to 
protect the health of fetuses, infants and children, an environmental 
group says in a report to be released today.

The Los Angeles-based Environment California Research & Policy Center 
contends that the small amounts of perchlorate in drinking water 
consumed by some 16 million Californians might be linked to lower 
intelligence, learning disabilities and other problems in children.

"We think perchlorate could be tied to problems we are seeing in 
increased neurological and behavior problems in kids," said Sujatha 
Jahagirdar, clean water policy advocate for Environment California.

After reviewing scientific studies and evaluating the extent of 
contamination and other factors, the group concluded that regulators 
should limit perchlorate in drinking water to no more than 1 part per 
billion - less than the concentrations in many Inland drinking water 
supplies.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.pe.com/breakingnews/local/stories/PE_News_Local_perch10.f2f8.html

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
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