[CPEO-MEF] PERCHLORATE: "DOD, Defense Contractors Lobby to Block Perchlorate Advisory"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

DOD, Defense Contractors Lobby to Block Perchlorate Advisory


By SARA GOODMAN
Greenwire/New York Times
June 22, 2009

The Pentagon and the defense industry is lobbying the White House to 
prevent U.S. EPA from tightening a health advisory for a rocket-fuel 
chemical.

Representatives of the Defense Department, the Navy and aerospace and 
defense companies have met with the Office of Management and Budget this 
month to discuss a pending EPA decision on the chemical, perchlorate.

In a document presented to OMB, the groups argue that rushing a decision 
will have "adverse public health consequences and unintended negative 
effects on all drinking water regulatory programs, and on voluntary, 
state and federal cleanup efforts."


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For the entire article, see
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/06/22/22greenwire-dod-defense-contractors-lobby-to-block-perchlo-16279.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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