[CPEO-MEF] PERCHLORATE: New Jersey to set standard, after all

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Perchlorate limits to be set for water

BY JAMES M. O'NEILL
The Record (NJ)
April 30, 2010

Just weeks after refusing to sign a proposed rule to regulate 
perchlorate levels in drinking water, state environmental commissioner 
Bob Martin indicated Thursday that he will implement restrictions for 
the chemical, which is harmful to pregnant women and fetuses.

"The commissioner does plan to institute a perchlorate regulation as 
quickly as possible," Larry Ragonese, a spokesman for Martin, said Thursday.

Perchlorate, a chemical ingredient of fertilizer and rocket fuel, has 
been found in some private and public drinking water wells in North Jersey.

EPA opinion sought

Environmentalists were angry recently when Martin, Governor Christie's 
new Department of Environmental Protection commissioner, did not sign a 
proposed rule that would have set a limit on perchlorate in drinking water.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.northjersey.com/news/health/other_health/92483339_Perchlorate_limits_to_be_set_for_water.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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