U.S. Department of Defense and White House working together to avoid cleanup and liability for perchlorate pollution.
The toxic anti-thyroidic chemical perchlorate, used in rocket fuel, has leached from military dumpsites into public drinking water sources, contaminating the water at dangerous levels in many states. The Department of Defense and its contractors such as Lockheed Martin are using obfuscation to wage a campaign to slow or block Environmental Protection Agency regulatory measures that might cost them billions of dollars in cleanup and liability. The influence of the DOD over the EPA is cause for extreme concern.
Health and Environment Program, Natural Resources Defense Council, 1200 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20005, USA.
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D004787:Environmental Pollution / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D016365:Liability, Legal; D010472:Perchlorates / Q000191:economics; D014481:United States; D037041:United States Government Agencies; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000191:economics; D014881:Water Supply / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence
D010472:Perchlorates; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; C494474:perchlorate