[CPEO-MEF] Perchlorate at Orcutt Ranch, West Hills, CA

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Perchlorate at Orcutt Ranch
Residents fear lab contamination has spread

By Kerry Cavanaugh
Los Angeles Daily News
March 31, 2006

WEST HILLS - State toxics officials detected low levels of perchlorate 
in the soil at city-owned Orcutt Ranch, prompting more tests for the 
rocket-fuel ingredient at nearby Justice Street Elementary School.

California Department of Toxic Substances Control officials said the 
perchlorate levels are too low to jeopardize neighbors or ranch 
visitors, although residents fear that chemical contamination from the 
nearby Santa Susana Field Lab may have spread.

"This confirms our worst fears. Everywhere they look for contamination, 
they find it, which is why we have been so insistent about testing," 
said Elizabeth Crawford, senior environmental analyst with Physicians 
for Social Responsibility.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_3661346

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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