News Coverage
State Plans to Regulate Perchlorate
In a rebuff to the Pentagon, California weighs limits on the pollutant. Some call the pending guidelines lax
Published March 11, 2004
Despite opposition from the Pentagon, the Schwarzenegger administration is planning to issue safety guidelines Friday for ammonium perchlorate, a toxic ingredient of rocket fuel, munitions and fireworks that has tainted drinking water supplies in 29 states.
The pending guidelines would make California the first state in the nation to regulate perchlorate. The federal government has yet to act.
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