[CPEO-MEF] Rialto (CA) cleanup proposal rejected

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Water-cleanup proposal rejected

PERCHLORATE: The plan targeted the apparent source of the contamination 
below Rialto and Colton.

By JENNIFER BOWLES
Riverside Press-Enterprise (CA)
April 21, 2006

Inland residents and activists, frustrated by what they say is a lack of 
progress on ridding perchlorate from their groundwater sources, failed 
Friday to get regional water-quality regulators to adopt a plan they 
devised to speed the cleanup of the rocket-fuel ingredient.

"I'm really concerned that we need to work fast so no more children are 
harmed," said Marene Deischer, 51, of Rialto, who says two of her 
children's illnesses stem from perchlorate.

She was among 30 people, mostly Hispanic, who held signs that said 
"Clean Water Now" during the meeting of the Santa Ana Regional Water 
Quality Control Board in Loma Linda.

...

For the entire article,see
http://www.pe.com/localnews/pass/stories/PE_News_Local_B_perch22.22cd2688.html

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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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org


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