From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | Mon, 11 May 2015 00:02:44 -0700 (PDT) |
Reply: | cpeo-military |
Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] PERCHLORATE: Congressman seeks funding for Santa Clarita (CA) |
Knight seeks federal funds for groundwater cleanup By Jim Holt Santa Clarita Signal (CA) May 9, 2015 Congressman Steve Knight has asked the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for money needed to continue removing hazardous perchlorate from Santa Clarita Valley groundwater. In a letter dated May 6 to Lt. General Thomas P. Bostick, commanding general of the Army Corps of Engineers, Knight stresses the importance of pressing ahead with groundwater cleanup, citing health concerns. Scientists believe the perchlorate in Santa Clarita Valley groundwater originates from the Whittaker-Bermite site, nearly 1,000 acres of land south of Saugus Speedway used for munitions manufacturing and contaminated with toxins. Perchlorate is a salt that is known to disrupt the functioning of the thyroid gland in humans. … For the entire article, see http://www.signalscv.com/section/36/article/136794/ -- 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 _______________________________________________ Military mailing list Military@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/military-cpeo.org | |
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