[CPEO-MEF] PERCHLORATE: NRDC argues for Federal regulation in court

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

News Release
Natural Resources Defense Council
January 27, 2023

NRDC Argues EPA Failure to Regulate Perchlorate is Unlawful 



WASHINGTON – In arguments before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, today lawyers for NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) told a three-judge panel that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) decision against regulating the toxic chemical perchlorate in drinking water was illegal.
 
The following is a reaction by Erik D. Olson, Senior Strategic Director for Health at NRDC: 
 
“Today the court heard why EPA’s refusal to set a drinking water standard for the widespread toxic chemical perchlorate is unlawful and unsupported by science. Doctors and health experts have long called for EPA to protect the public, especially fetuses, infants, and young children, from this brain-damaging toxic chemical. We are hopeful that the court will rule that EPA erred and must move ahead with a perchlorate standard.” 
 

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For the entire press release, see
https://www.nrdc.org/media/2023/230127

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)

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