2006 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: 2 Dec 2006 21:15:38 -0000
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] Rialto (CA) perchlorate protest
 
Pickets demand groundwater cleanup

PERCHLORATE: A firm that did rocket testing 45 years ago is accused of downplaying health risks.


Massiel LadróN De Guevara Riverside Press-Enterprise (CA) December 1, 2006


About 20 Rialto residents, a city councilman and representatives of nonprofit organizations gathered with signs in front of the Goodrich Corp. facility in Riverside on Friday, demanding that the corporation clean up perchlorate contamination in groundwater.


The protestors claimed Goodrich and other corporations have funded extensive efforts to downplay the health risks associated with perchlorate and have refused to clean up groundwater they polluted with the chemical.

"Goodrich has denied they had a plant where they tested rockets in Rialto. Yet several years ago, under one of our schools, a rocket manufactured in Rialto around 1960 with Goodrich's name on it was found," said City Councilman Ed Scott.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_B_bprotest02.677138.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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