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EPA says rocket fuel pollutant perchlorate can remain in water
AP on LaTimes ^ | 9/23/08 | AP

Posted on 09/23/2008 8:20:51 AM PDT by NormsRevenge

WASHINGTON -- The Environmental Protection Agency says there's no need to rid drinking water of a toxic rocket fuel ingredient that has fouled water supplies around the country, including in California.

The EPA's conclusion is in a draft document not yet made public but reviewed Monday by the Associated Press.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; US: California
KEYWORDS: environment; epa; health; perchlorate; pollutant; rocketfuel; water
Perc! It fuels your day!

If they take it out, your coffee will never taste the same.

1 posted on 09/23/2008 8:21:16 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge

The only problem with this little EPA fantasy is that it appears that there is are natural mechanisms for the formation of environmental perchlorate. At this point, we simply don’t know how much is nature-made and how much is man-made.


2 posted on 09/23/2008 8:30:24 AM PDT by Wonder Warthog ( The Hog of Steel)
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To: NormsRevenge

let me get this straight-—the EPA says that toxic chemicals from rocket fuel are ok now?

what?


3 posted on 09/23/2008 8:42:56 AM PDT by ChurtleDawg (voting only encourages them)
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To: NormsRevenge

There are very high levels of the industrial solvent DHMO in all of the known aquifers in the US and they are doing nothing about it.


4 posted on 09/23/2008 8:45:40 AM PDT by magslinger (A politician who thinks he is above the law is actually beneath contempt.)
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To: magslinger

It’s in the coffee I’m drinking right now. Nothing I can do about it.


5 posted on 09/23/2008 8:48:07 AM PDT by CedarDave (Gloom and doom Democrats cheer for financial despair, losing wars and hurricanes. That's leadership!)
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To: ChurtleDawg

Get past the headline, they work don’t they........

Again, I don’t like wikpedia but there is some basic information there.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perchlorate


6 posted on 09/23/2008 8:54:28 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple ( Seeking the truth here folks.)
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To: ChurtleDawg

Its only major affect on people is to inhibit iodine uptake into the thyroid, which is not a problem for most people because of iodized salt. No other effects have been confirmed. There are natural sources, and fireworks and fertilizer are major non-natural sources.


7 posted on 09/23/2008 9:00:06 AM PDT by VanShuyten ("Ah! but it was something to have at least a choice of nightmares.")
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To: Wonder Warthog
We do know, there are good perchlorate's and bad ones of unknown origins. We also know, two very powerful poisons, deadly to man while separated when mixed together to make salt.
8 posted on 09/23/2008 9:13:23 AM PDT by edcoil
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To: magslinger

Isn’t it true that most cancer cells contain DHMO? I’ve heard that DHMO, if inhaled even in small quantities, can cause death. Why in the world is the EPA allowing greedy corporations to pollute our aquifers and pristine waterways with untreated, 100% concentrated DHMO discharge?


9 posted on 09/23/2008 9:15:48 AM PDT by Yo-Yo
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To: magslinger

As alsgore said, it isn’t the pollutants we need to worry about, it is the impurities in the water and air.


10 posted on 09/23/2008 9:18:37 AM PDT by Eagle Eye (She has a stronger resume than Obama. She's been a real mayor, he hasn't. She has been a real govern)
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To: Yo-Yo
Yes, and much more. DHMO FAQs here.
11 posted on 09/23/2008 9:32:32 AM PDT by magslinger (A politician who thinks he is above the law is actually beneath contempt.)
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To: NormsRevenge

The solution to pollution is dilution.......


12 posted on 09/23/2008 12:09:02 PM PDT by WayneLusvardi (It's more complex than it might seem)
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To: WayneLusvardi

If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the precipitate.


13 posted on 09/23/2008 7:58:18 PM PDT by magslinger (A politician who thinks he is above the law is actually beneath contempt.)
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