[CPEO-MEF] Massachusetts - fireworks and perchlorate

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Towns cautious with fireworks chemical

By Charlie Breitrose
MetroWest Daily News (MA)
July 25, 2007

Drinking water contamination at a Mendon school thought to be caused by 
fireworks was caught by new testing required by the state, but other 
communities with pyrotechnic displays say they have taken steps to keep 
the chemical perchlorate out of their water.
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Drinking water contamination at a Mendon school thought to be caused by 
fireworks was caught by new testing required by the state, but other 
communities with pyrotechnic displays say they have taken steps to keep 
the chemical perchlorate out of their water.

A year ago, Massachusetts adopted the nation's strictest standard for 
perchlorate contamination with a threshold of two parts per billion.

The chemical is used as an oxidizer in fireworks, ammunition and in 
explosives used for blasting in construction, said Ed Coletta, spokesman 
for the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection.

rose/Daily News Staff
GHS
Wed Jul 25, 2007, 11:50 PM EDT
Story Tools: Email This Email This |  Print This Print This

Drinking water contamination at a Mendon school thought to be caused by 
fireworks was caught by new testing required by the state, but other 
communities with pyrotechnic displays say they have taken steps to keep 
the chemical perchlorate out of their water.

A year ago, Massachusetts adopted the nation's strictest standard for 
perchlorate contamination with a threshold of two parts per billion.

The chemical is used as an oxidizer in fireworks, ammunition and in 
explosives used for blasting in construction, said Ed Coletta, spokesman 
for the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection.


A year ago, Massachusetts adopted the nation's strictest standard for 
perchlorate contamination with a threshold of two parts per billion.

The chemical is used as an oxidizer in fireworks, ammunition and in 
explosives used for blasting in construction, said Ed Coletta, spokesman 
for the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection.

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http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/homepage/x1506301629\

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