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Archive Home > 2008 > September > 22 > EPA retreats on standard for perchlorate in water

EPA retreats on standard for perchlorate in water

By Juliet Eilperin / The Bulletin
September 22, 2008

WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency, under pressure from the White House and the Pentagon, is poised to rule as early as today that it will not set a drinking water safety standard for perchlorate, a component of rocket fuel that has been linked to thyroid problems in....

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