[CPEO-MEF] PERCHLORATE: "EPA seeks to regulate chemical in water"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

AP source: EPA seeks to regulate chemical in water

By FREDERIC J. FROMMER
Associated Press
September 30, 2010

WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency wants to regulate a 
toxic chemical used in rocket fuel that has contaminated drinking water 
supplies, reversing a decision made under the Bush administration.

A government official briefed by the EPA told The Associated Press on 
Thursday night that the agency has proposed that the chemical, 
perchlorate, be regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act. The 
official, who did not want to be named because a final decision has not 
been made, said the plan is now under interagency review.

Perchlorate has been found in drinking water in at least 35 states at 
levels high enough to interfere with thyroid function and pose 
developmental problems in humans, particularly for babies and fetuses.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jROt8KL8UJrLt86sj595SjQwTxbwD9IIJ6281?docId=D9IIJ6281

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