2004 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: 31 Oct 2004 04:48:56 -0000
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] perchlorate blasting banned in Boxborough
 
Boxborough chief joins Littleton in banning use of blasting agents

By Chris Cassidy
The Beacon (MA)
October 28, 2004

BOXBOROUGH - Fire Chief Ken Lyons has issued an emergency order banning the use of blasting agents containing perchlorate after the chemical was found in all three wells serving the Harvard Ridge condominiums last month.

Perchlorate is an oxidizer that enhances the burning process and is commonly used for blasting activities.

The state Department of Environmental Protection advises pregnant women, infants and children up to age 12 and people with hypothyroidism against consuming water testing higher than one part per billion.

For the general population, the water is safe up to 18 parts per billion.

As a result, the pool at Harvard Ridge closed last month.

Early this month, the chief received a letter from the general manager of the Littleton Water Department asking him to issue the emergency order to ban the use of blasting agents containing perchlorate.



for the entire article, see
http://www2.townonline.com/acton/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=115926

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