[CPEO-MEF] Feinstein language promotes perchlorate research

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Independent perchlorate studies urged

FEDERAL BUDGET: Sen. Feinstein adds a provision to a bill, calling for 
research on the chemical's effects.

01:36 AM PDT on Saturday,

By DAVID DANELSKI
Riverside Press-Enterprise (CA)
July 16, 2005

Sen. Dianne Feinstein is calling on the federal government to fund 
independent research into the health effects of the rocket-fuel chemical 
perchlorate, which has contaminated many Inland drinking-water supplies.

Feinstein, a Democrat, added a provision this week to a federal budget 
bill, instructing an environmental health agency to support perchlorate 
research. Most studies have been done by the perchlorate industry.

The provision doesn't guarantee funding but is expected to help set 
research priorities, a Feinstein aide said Friday.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.pe.com/breakingnews/local/stories/PE_News_Local_D_perch16.252b509.html

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Lenny Siegel
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