EPA to Probe Public Health Effects of Perchlorate, MTBE
Environment News Service, April, 2007
WASHINGTON, DC (ENS) — --> The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has decided to investigate the impacts of two water contaminants – perchlorate and MTBE – on human health.
Most of the perchlorate manufactured in the United States is used as the primary ingredient of solid rocket propellant. Wastes from the manufacture and improper disposal of perchlorate-containing chemicals are increasingly being discovered in soil and water.
MTBE is a fuel oxygenate, added to gasoline to make it burn more cleanly. Releases of MTBE to ground and surface water can occur through leaking underground storage tanks and pipelines, spills, emissions from marine engines into lakes and reservoirs.
For those two contaminants, the EPA is providing a summary of current...
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