From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | 4 Feb 2006 00:14:50 -0000 |
Reply: | cpeo-military |
Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] Olin (CA) plans to limit perchlorate cleanup |
Olin Announces Cleanup GoalBy Matt King Gilroy Dispatch (CA) February 2, 2006 Morgan Hill - The Olin Corp. has announced a cleanup goal for South County's groundwater basin that is nearly twice the state's public health goal for perchlorate and higher than the cleanup level demanded by the state water code. In a report to the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board, Olin stated that a perchlorate "concentration of 11 ppb is most certainly protective of all members of the population including the most sensitive receptor, the pregnant woman and her fetus." California's health goal for the contaminant, a salt known to interfere with thyroid activity, is 6 parts per billion. "It's a valid number, based on scientifically sound and technically competent analysis," Olin project manager Rick McClure said Wednesday of his company's cleanup goal. "According to the calculations, that number is protective of human health and the environment." ... For the entire article, see http://www.gilroydispatch.com/printer/article.asp?c=178243 -- 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 _______________________________________________ Military mailing list Military@list.cpeo.org http://www.cpeo.org/mailman/listinfo/military | |
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