[CPEO-MEF] Perchlorate in Tierra Verde Lake (AZ)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Litchfield Park suspends fishing after chemical found in lake water

Beth Duckett
The Arizona Republic
March 9, 2007

Litchfield Park officials have suspended fishing at Tierra Verde Lake 
Park after detecting a hazardous chemical in the lake and its well.

Officials believe the chemical came from a plume of groundwater 
contamination by the Phoenix Goodyear Airport North Superfund Site. The 
city learned last fall that the plume is migrating north and northeast 
toward Litchfield Park.

This is the first time the city has detected contaminants in the popular 
lake, at Villa Nueva Drive and Old Litchfield Road, since it began tests 
in November, City Manager Darryl Crossman said. Recent water samples 
reveal trace amounts of potassium perchlorate, a colorless substance 
that inhibits the thyroid.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0309nofishing09-ON.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>
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