[CPEO-MEF] States to propose perchlorate standards

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Stricter perchlorate limits proposed

DRINKING WATER: Laws proposed by health officials would ban higher 
levels of the rocket-fuel chemical.

By DAVID DANELSKI
Riverside Press-Enterprise (CA)
August 5, 2005

SAN FRANCISCO - California and Massachusetts environmental health 
officials vowed Wednesday to establish the nation's first laws limiting 
the rocket-fuel chemical perchlorate in drinking water.

The laws would make it illegal to serve water containing more 
perchlorate. Supplies with higher concentrations would have to be shut 
down or cleaned up, a process that can cost $1 million per well or more.

The state officials appeared more aggressive than their federal 
counterparts in efforts to restrict the chemical that has polluted 
hundreds of drinking-water supplies across nation, including many in the 
Inland area.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.pe.com/breakingnews/local/stories/PE_News_Local_D_perch05.1db0e2cf.html


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