[CPEO-MEF] PERCHLORATE: "EPA Blows Up Court Order Over Rocket Fuel Contaminant in Drinking Water"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Press Release
Natural Resources Defense Council
June 18, 2020

EPA Blows Up Court Order Over Rocket Fuel Contaminant in Drinking Water
EPA Increases Acceptable Levels Up to Six Times More for Perchlorate Linked to IQ Loss


WASHINGTON ­– Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler today defied a court-ordered consent decree requiring the agency to issue a drinking water standard for the widespread contaminant perchlorate. Studies show this chemical poses threats to the brain development of fetuses and young infants and has been found in millions of Americans’ tap water. 

The following is a statement by Erik D. Olson, Senior Strategic Director for Health at NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council):

“Today’s decision is illegal, unscientific, and unconscionable. The Environmental Protection Agency is threatening the health of pregnant moms and young children with toxic chemicals in their drinking water at levels that literally can cause loss of IQ points. Is this what the Environmental Protection Agency has come to?” 

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For the entire release, see
https://www.nrdc.org/media/2020/200618-0

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650-961-8918
http://www.cpeo.org





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