[CPEO-MEF] PERCHLORATE: California to re-evaluate public health goal

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

State to re-assess perchlorate levels using new data on risks to fetuses


By DAVID DANELSKI
Riverside Press-Enterprise (CA)
July 17, 2008

Prodded by environmental groups, California health officials said they 
will re-evaluate the health effects of a rocket fuel chemical, taking 
into account research that wasn't completed four years ago when they 
decided how much is safe in drinking water.

The re-examination could lead to stricter rules for the chemical 
perchlorate, which has contaminated several Inland drinking water supplies.

Health officials said Thursday that the new information on perchlorate 
includes a study by the federal Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention, which found that women with low levels of iodide in their 
bodies -- roughly a third of women in the United States -- were 
vulnerable to the chemical's tendency to alter thyroid function. 
Inadequate thyroid function in pregnant women can harm their fetuses.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_S_perch18.4a460ce.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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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