[CPEO-MEF] Marshfield fireworks and perchlorate

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

DPW water tests show all is well

By Elizabeth Malloy
Marshfield Mariner (MA)
August 24, 2005

The water is safe and the fireworks are a go.

This was the decision from Marshfield Selectmen last week after hearing
the results of a test for chemicals in a well near the Marshfield Fairgrounds.

"There's no empirical data suggesting it's warranted to stop the
fireworks," Selectman Michael Maresco said. "Right now we need more testing."

Board of Public Works commissioners had raised concerns the fireworks
could increase the amount of perchlorate - a potentially dangerous
chemical - in a well near the Fairgrounds. Recent tests showed a spike
in perchlorate in that well following the Fourth of July fireworks
display held there.

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For the entire article, see
http://www2.townonline.com/marshfield/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=309449

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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
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