2006 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: 4 Mar 2006 20:57:29 -0000
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] "Astronomical" perchlorate levels in Rialto (CA)
 
Chemical found in highest level yet

PERCHLORATE: The discovery, 3,500 parts per billion, far exceeds what is in nearby wells.


By JENNIFER BOWLES Riverside Press-Enterprise (CA) March 4, 2006

New tests have revealed "astronomical" levels of perchlorate below a northern Rialto industrial site, causing concern that another wallop of the rocket-fuel chemical could make worse the pollution already in a key Inland drinking-water basin, officials said Friday.

The discovery of the rocket-fuel chemical at 3,500 parts per billion is the highest ever detected in the six-mile plume, more than four times the highest level that has been found in several drinking-water wells in Rialto and Colton. Those cities either treat the water before serving it or don't use any water containing perchlorate, which has been linked to thyroid problems.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_S_perc04.227b4154.html


See also


Cleanup proposal denied
But water board open to revisions

Robert Rogers
San Bernardino Sun (CA)
March 4, 2006

LOMA LINDA - The Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board on Friday rejected a request by a now-dissolved corporation to adopt its $2.2 million work plan to remedy the perchlorate contamination that for decades has plagued area groundwater.

An attorney for Emhart Industries Inc. - a company that dissolved in 2002, but whose parent company is Black & Decker Inc. - aimed to persuade the board to adopt a plan agreeable to more than a dozen chemical dischargers, thwarting the possibility of incurring greater liability.

Instead, the board's decision paves the way for another hearing in July, at which the board could determine Emhart responsible for replacement water or well-head treatment.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.sbsun.com/news/ci_3567633
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