[CPEO-MEF] LA Times on NAS TCE report

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

[Please excuse redundant postings. - LS]


Cancer Risk From Industrial Chemical Rises, Study Finds
Trichloroethylene, or TCE, is widely found in drinking water. California 
has some of the nation's worst contamination.

By Ralph Vartabedian
Los Angeles Times
July 27, 2006

After a detailed study of the most widespread industrial contaminant in 
U.S. drinking water, the National Research Council will report today 
that evidence is growing stronger that the chemical causes cancer and 
other human health problems.

The 379-page report clears a path for federal regulators to formally 
raise the risk assessment of trichloroethylene, known as TCE, a step 
that has been tied up by infighting between scientists at the 
Environmental Protection Agency and the Defense Department.

…

If the risk posed by TCE is significantly higher than previously 
thought, it could prompt lower limits for TCE in water, as well as 
stricter cleanups of hundreds of military bases and other polluted 
facilities. The contamination occurred because TCE, a chemical solvent, 
was widely dumped into the ground.

…

For the entire article, see
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-na-tce27jul27,1,5669729.story?coll=la-news-a_section&ctrack=1&cset=true

You may need to cut and paste the URL, or just go to the LA Times home 
page, http://www.latimes.com and search for TCE.

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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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