2006 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: 27 Jul 2006 17:08:41 -0000
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] LA Times on NAS TCE report
 
[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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