[CPEO-MEF] Feinstein demans perchlorate studies

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Feinstein demands military perform studies on perchlorate

DISPUTE: The Pentagon says there is no need for more research on the
rocket-fuel chemical. 


By DAVID DANELSKI
Riverside Press-Enterprise (CA)
January 11, 2006

A California senator demanded Tuesday that the military make good on a
congressional directive to conduct a major health study on a rocket-fuel
chemical found in water and food consumed by millions of Americans. 

Congress, in a 2003 defense authorization bill, required an independent
study on how perchlorate contamination has affected large numbers of
people. The study has not been done. 

Defense officials say the study is no longer needed because others have
completed or are pursuing similar research. 

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For the entire article, see
http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_D_perch11.13030a23.html

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
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