[CPEO-MEF] Eastern Oregon - "No perchlorate health threat"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

State: No health threat from perchlorate in Eastern Oregon counties

Alex Pulaski
The Oregonian
May 4, 2007

A long-awaited state study released today concludes that the chemical 
perchlorate does not pose a health threat to food and drinking-water 
supplies in Morrow and Umatilla counties.

Perchlorate occurs naturally in soil but has been found in higher 
concentrations associated with its use in rocket fuel and munitions. The 
source of low-level contamination found in area wells in 2003 remains 
unclear.

Perchlorate is particularly a threat to infants and pregnant or nursing 
mothers because it can disrupt thyroid function vital to development.

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For the entire article, see
http://blog.oregonlive.com/business/2007/05/state_no_health_threat_from_pe.html

For the state document, go to
http://oregon.gov/DHS/ph/shine/pasite.shtml

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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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