[CPEO-MEF] East Action (MA) perchlorate - from blasting?

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Panel hears water woes

By Patricia Bertuccio
Concord Beacon (MA)
June 15, 2006

ACTON - Residents of East Acton want the town to speed up efforts in 
addressing possible water pollution in their neighborhood.

At a June 12 Board of Selectmen meeting, a dozen homeowners voiced 
continued dissatisfaction with town officials over the water issue. 
Blasting for a subdivision of the Ellsworth Village, a senior 
residential development on Brabrook Road, may have resulted in 
perchlorate contamination in private East Acton wells.

Perchlorate is a naturally occurring toxin found in rocket fuel, some 
explosives and certain fertilizers.

Before construction, James Fenton, the village's developer, provided the 
Board of Health with documents that the toxin would not be used in the 
blasting material. Since the explosions began in late 2005, however, 
residents who tested their water before and after these events found 
traces of perchlorate.

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For the entire article, see
http://www2.townonline.com/acton/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=518154
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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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