ENVIRONMENT SECRETARY URGES EPA ADMINISTRATOR TO REVERSE COURSE ON DECISION TO LEAVE HARMFUL CONTAMINANT UNREGULATED
November 26, 2008
November 26, 2008
SANTA FE, N.M., Nov. 26 -- The New Mexico Department of the Environment issued the following news release:
New Mexico Environment Department Secretary Ron Curry urged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to provide greater protections for state drinking water by regulating perchlorate - a component of rocket fuel. The contaminant has been discovered in numerous drinking water systems and groundwater aquifers across the state and can have detrimental health effects on humans, p . . .
New Mexico Environment Department Secretary Ron Curry urged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to provide greater protections for state drinking water by regulating perchlorate - a component of rocket fuel. The contaminant has been discovered in numerous drinking water systems and groundwater aquifers across the state and can have detrimental health effects on humans, p . . .