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Feds set to eliminate water regulations for the neurotoxin perchlorate

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on December 4, 2008 at 8:08 am

From Wired Science:

Among the Bush administration’s final environmental legacies will be a decision to exempt perchlorate, a known neurotoxin found at unsafe levels in the drinking water of millions of Americans, from federal regulation.

The ruling, proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency in October, was supposed to be formalized on Monday. That deadline passed, but the agency expects to announce its decision by the year’s end, before president-elect Barack Obama takes office. It could take years to reverse.

Critics accuse the EPA of ignoring expert advice and basing their decision on an abstract model of perchlorate exposure, rather than existing human data.

“We know that breast milk is widely contaminated with perchlorate, and we know that young children are especially vulnerable. We have really good human data. So why are they putting a model front-and-center?” said Anila Jacobs at the nonprofit Environmental Working Group. “And they used a model that hasn’t yet gone through the peer-review process.”

The ruling is one of dozens planned for the final days of the Bush administration. Others include a relaxing of air pollution standards for aging power plants, and a reduction of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s traditional role in evaluating the impact of federal projects on endangered species.

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December 4, 2008 · Filed Under Perchlorate

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One Response to “Feds set to eliminate water regulations for the neurotoxin perchlorate”

Wayne Lusvardi on December 4th, 2008 5:23 pm

Perchlorate is NOT a neurotoxin (acts specifically on nerve cells), a carcinogen, or a poison; it is an endocrine disrupter which is alleged to block the absorption of iodine, a crucial nutritional element in the development of the unborn and young infants. THIS IS NOTHING BUT PROPAGANDA. Long ago we added iodine to table salt to solve thE problem potential posed by perchlorate. Please read: “News Coverage of Perchlorate Issue is Thirty Miles Wide, One Inch Deep” posted at the website of the San Diego County Water Authority here: http://www.sdcwa.org/clips/2005/05may/050505/05050510news.html

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