To: umgud
Well, FWIW, all the reports I've seen on contamination from dry cleaning solvents have used the term perchlorates. And the stuff used by dry cleaners can and has contaminated ground water. Which I daresay is a bigger problem than the one created by the stuff used in solid rocket motors for the DOD. If all that's true, then it makes me wonder why the NYT is busting on the DOD instead of dry cleaners.
10 posted on
01/11/2005 4:32:39 PM PST by
mewzilla
(Has CBS retracted the story yet?)
To: mewzilla
The dry cleaning solvent is tetrachloroethene (C2Cl4) which is also known as PERC, perchlor and perchlorethylene. It is an halogenated organic solvent and is already regulated in drinking water at 5 micrograms per liter. As stated above, perchlorate (ClO4-) is a salt used in rocket fuel.
13 posted on
01/11/2005 4:44:16 PM PST by
CedarDave
(I have a new puppy; unlike the Dems he will quit whining when he grows up.)
To: mewzilla
why the NYT is busting on the DOD instead of dry cleaners. Cuz it's Bush's DOD and I suspect the NYT elitist have a lot of "dry clean only" clothes.
It's not like these people actually care.
18 posted on
01/11/2005 6:56:20 PM PST by
lizma
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