[CPEO-MEF] PERCHLORATE, VOCs: State health study downplays Rialto (CA) risk

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Rialto perchlorate site not harming drinking water, say state health  
officials

Josh Dulaney
Contra Costa Times
November 18, 2012


RIALTO - Drinking water near a contaminated manufacturing site in the  
north end of town is safe and those who work there are not at risk  
from exposure to chemicals, state public health officials have  
concluded.

The BF Goodrich site is a 160-acre area where several companies used  
perchlorate and trichloroethylene during the production of fireworks  
and other explosives from 1952 to the mid-1980s.

Trichloroethylene is an industrial cleaning solvent that affects the  
central nervous system and has been linked with various cancers.

Perchlorate is used in rocket fuels and fireworks. Studies have  
suggested it can interfere with the functioning of the thyroid gland  
and mental development.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_22022682/rialto- 
perchlorate-site-not-harming-drinking-water-say

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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
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