Jason Pesick SB Sun Writer
The California Department of Health Services proposed Monday limiting the maximum allowable level of perchlorate in drinking water to 6 parts per billion.
The limit was not surprising, but some environmentalists said it is still too high.
Perchlorate, which has contaminated drinking water in Rialto and some other cities in Southern California, is a chemical used in the production of explosives, such as rocket fuels and fireworks. Studies suggest it can interfere with the functioning of the thyroid gland, mental development and metabolism.
A public comment period will last until Nov. 3, and there will be a public hearing in Sacramento on Oct. 30. If the department does not make any changes to the proposal after the public comment period, the Office of Administrative Law will decide whether to allow it to become law.
The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment set a public health goal in 2004 of limiting perchlorate levels to 6 parts per billion. The office determined this was a low-risk maximum level for public health - so the choice of this as the limit was not a surprising one.
"It's not outside a reasonable range of regulatory possibilities, and it does seem to include some conservatism," Kevin Mayer, the regional perchlorate coordinator for the Environmental Protection Agency, said.
Mayer said the EPA does not have formal regulatory standards for perchlorate. It does have a reference dose that corresponds to about 20 parts per billion a day for adults from all sources, not just drinking water. Mayer said most perchlorate is consumed with water, but there is also perchlorate in other sources, such as some foods.
Davin Diaz of the Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice, said he was not happy with the proposal.
"I believe that the standard for perchlorate should be 1 part per billion,' he said.
He added that when 6 parts per billion was set as the goal in 2004, not as much scientific evidence was available on the dangers of perchlorate.
He also pointed out that Massachusetts recently set a perchlorate limit of 2 parts per billion.
Most local water officials said even if the proposal becomes law, it will not have a significant effect on their operations because they already treat water down to undetectable levels of perchlorate.
"For us, it doesn't make a lot of difference," Anthony Araiza (cm cq), the general manager of the West Valley Water District, said. The West Valley Water District is one of the water providers to Rialto.
Eric Fraser, the director of water for the city of Colton, said this proposal validates Colton's strategy of treating water so that the perchlorate levels are undetectable.
I just don't know about you? but Perchlorate, 20 parts per billion or 1000 parts per billion, doesn't matter, this stuff causes a very serious Cancer!! Thyroid cancer is a very serious cancer that I don't know what the level of treatment is other then chemo therapy, that is very serious, where you loose all everything, that you have in our body, The Chemo Therapy also causes you to loose your hair and you cannot seem to have much luck at picking up on the girls when you are at the Perchlorate mixer? however you can always tell what stage the person that you are with is at. sad sick joke. sorry
The trouble is that this ladies and Gentlemen is in our back yard and all Rialto City Council is worried about is how much it is going to cost them to clear it out of their water supply, Not how can we help the people of Rialto, there are already sick people, the water has been contaminated for a while they have not bothered to tell you it is just how contaminated the water is that they say oh? By the way, the water that you have been drinking well he he...Thank You so much for voting for me, and I was humane once too, but today. today I forgot how to be human, because there are to many sick people out there I have to checked my sickness at the door. so that is why I did what I did. there are so many reasons for is to be happy or unhappy or happy.
I am happy that we are able to bring the water back to the people at a money saving cost, that makes it easer and more cost effective way to deliver it to you, but even at 20 parts per billion it will cost us some 6 to maybe 8 million to rid you of the water connection to the water problems.
Why is the water company just saying the things that we want then to say like we got your back!!
I am sorry for the people that live in Rialto! We will fight for you? (Says the City Council, Even thought the fighting that they have done so far has COST MONEY). Why The City of Rialto's Administration by fighting rather then filtering or fixing the Perchlorate content in the water system Will Guarantee higher Prices of water by the end of the year. Just like OIL the Water in Rialto will be PRICED BY THE GALLON!!
In FACT Rialto's City Council and Water people will make the cost of water go up maybe Three (3) to Four (4) that what it needs to be because we feel that the fight is worth it and it is not Rialto's fault that World War One (WW1/WW2) World War 2 came along and the War department felt that it was the best place to store munitions in California was right in Rialto, Well in the County area, North West of Rialto approximately seven miles, because lets face it the Airport was almost four miles North of Down Town Rialto!! Back then yet people that were in the service went to the Airport and kept things going, the Service bunkers that stored the Alarming amounts of Ammo were kept clean by some of the base's young recruits, and pilots. They had no idea then what would happen to the ground water today!
Rialto City Council, (Scott, Hanson, Roberson, Sampson, Vargas along with the City's Admin. Garcia. City Attorneys Owens, City Clerk Barbara McGee) They all need to come to the reality that the Water system is better fought in a group!! Tag on with the County, Tag on with Fifth Th (5th) District, Josie Gonzales, along with their Attorneys. Use Owens the bone head with their attorneys and go after the federal Government they are the ones that put the Ammo, in the hole their and they are the ones that will ultimately have to pay!! how is this so clear to me and not to those that are paid to run the city of Rialto???
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