[CPEO-MEF] More off-site contamination near Wyle site (Norco, CA)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Solvent, rocket-fuel agent found in water

TESTS: One chemical, perchlorate, turns up in an irrigation well near 
Wyle Laboratories.

By BONNIE STEWART
Riverside Press-Enterprise (CA)
April 19, 2005

A solvent and a rocket-fuel chemical have been found in surface water 
and a well as far as a half-mile from Wyle Laboratories in Norco, 
prompting a city official to call for an immediate cleanup by the company.

State tests released Monday found perchlorate in a First Street 
irrigation well. The levels were more than four times higher than the 
state's drinking-water standard. The chemical, a salt found in rocket 
fuel and munitions, can cause thyroid disorders. Dozens of people in the 
neighborhoods around Wyle have had thyroid cancers and other 
thyroid-related ailments.

Perchlorate previously was found in groundwater and two septic tanks on 
Wyle's property, but state officials say they don't know whether the 
company was responsible for the contamination in the irrigation well.


http://www.pe.com/digitalextra/environment/wyle/vt_stories/PE_News_Local_P_wyle19.a1ab5.html


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