Re: [CPEO-MEF] PERCHLORATE: California adopts 1 part per billion public health goal

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

California lowers health goal for perchlorate

By Jim Steinberg
San Bernardino Sun (CA)
February 27, 2015


A state agency has lowered the Public Health Goal for perchlorate, a dangerous pollutant found in many underground water basins across the Southland – including the Rialto-Colton area and the San Fernando and San Gabriel valleys.

While the PHG, set by the state Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, is not an enforceable number, it is used by the drinking water division of the State Water Resources Control Board to evaluate legally binding drinking water standards.

The goal was lowered Friday from 6 parts per billion to 1 part per billion, officials announced.

That decision was immediately criticized by an industry association that alleged the action was based on “questionable science that is inconsistent with 60 years of research.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.sbsun.com/environment-and-nature/20150227/california-lowers-health-goal-for-perchlorate

On Feb 27, 2015, at 11:03 AM, Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org> wrote:

> News Release
> California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
> February 27, 2015
> 
> 
> OEHHA Adopts Updated Public Health Goal for Perchlorate
> Updated goal provides California's children with the same level of protection previous goal provided to adults
> 
> SACRAMENTO - The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) today published an updated public health goal (PHG) of 1 part per billion (ppb) for perchlorate in drinking water.
> 
> The new goal updates the previous PHG for perchlorate, which was set at 6 ppb in 2004. The updated PHG is lower than the previous goal because it incorporates new research about the effects of perchlorate on infants. Like the previous PHG, the updated PHG takes into account exposure from all sources of perchlorate including food. The lowering of the PHG does not suggest any food is unsafe or that the public should change its dietary habits.
> 
> …
> 
> For the entire release, see
> http://oehha.ca.gov/public_info/press/PerchloratePHGpress2015.pdf
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> Lenny Siegel
> Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
> a project of the Pacific Studies Center
> 278-A Hope Street
> Mountain View, CA 94041
> Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545
> Fax: 650-961-8918
> LSiegel@cpeo.org
> http://www.cpeo.org
> 
> 
> 
> 

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope Street
Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545
Fax: 650-961-8918
LSiegel@cpeo.org
http://www.cpeo.org




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