[CPEO-MEF] California perchlorate hearing

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

State urged to adopt tougher perchlorate standard in water

SAMANTHA YOUNG
Associated Press
San Jose Mercury News
October 31, 2006

SACRAMENTO - More than a dozen people demanded Monday that state health 
officials impose the nation's strictest limits for perchlorate, a rocket 
fuel ingredient that is contaminating drinking water supplies throughout 
the state.

The requests came during a 90-minute public comment session hosted by 
the state Department of Health Services, which is weighing a proposal to 
require water providers clean up perchlorate contamination.

"There shouldn't be any rocket fuel in our drinking water," said Jan 
Misquez, a policy director at the Center for Community Action and 
Environmental Justice, a nonprofit organization based in Riverside.

At the heart of the debate is a proposed perchlorate regulation that 
would require clean up if the chemical is found in water supplies at 6 
parts per billion or higher - a much more stringent level than suggested 
by the federal government but weaker than the 2 parts per billion 
standard imposed this summer by Massachusetts.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/northern_california/15887785.htm

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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