2006 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: 10 May 2006 17:54:08 -0000
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] Long Island Congressmen call for perchlorate standard
 
Press Release
Office of Congressman Tim Bishop
May 9, 2006


BISHOP, ISRAEL CALL ON EPA TO PROTECT PUBLIC FROM PERCHLORATE CONTAMINATION


Long Island Congressmen Urge EPA Administrator Johnson to Expeditiously Establish Safe Drinking Water Standards

WASHINGTON, DC - In a letter sent today, Long Island Congressmen Tim Bishop and Steve Israel called on the Environmental Protection Agency's Administrator Stephen L. Johnson to protect the public by immediately establishing a safe drinking water standard for perchlorate, a toxic chemical used in pyrotechnics and fireworks, nuclear reactors, automobile air bag inflators, and widely used in explosives and rocket propellant. The EPA has not established a federal regulation specifying safe amounts of perchlorate in drinking water and the harmful effects of perchlorate consumption, especially for vulnerable populations such as pregnant women and young children.

For a copy of the letter, go to
http://wwwc.house.gov/timbishop/r109-094.htm

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Lenny Siegel Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041 Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545 Fax: 650/961-8918 <lsiegel@cpeo.org> http://www.cpeo.org


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