[CPEO-MEF] Hills (IA) - "Perchlorate standards don't change issue"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Hills ponders water

Perchlorate standards don't change issue

By Deidre Bello
Iowa City Press-Citizen
March 12, 2005


HILLS -- Results from a national study to find an appropriate level of 
perchlorate exposure for humans had no effect on households in town that 
have contaminated wells.

Traces of perchlorate were discovered in shallow wells around Hills in 
2003. The Environmental Protection Agency conducted quarterly testing in 
the town while residents waited to see the conclusions from the National 
Academy of Sciences before fully exploring the possibility of a 
municipal water system.

The NAS recommended allowing humans to be exposed to a level that is 
equal to about 20 parts per billion in drinking water. That is the level 
of daily perchlorate exposure a person can have without it causing 
adverse health effects.

"It doesn't really change the situation at all," deputy clerk Teresa 
Volk said of the reference dose.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.press-citizen.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050312/NEWS01/503120307/1079
--
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
http://www.cpeo.org


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