Perchlorate : a system to track sampling and cleanup results is needed : report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives.
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| Format: | Government Document eBook |
| Language: | English |
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[Washington, D.C.] :
U.S. Government Accountability Office,
[2005]
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| Series: | U.S. Congressional Research.
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Table of Contents:
- Results in brief
- Background
- Perchlorate has been found at almost 400 sites across the United States
- EPA and state environmental agenies use federal and state laws and regulations to respond to perchlorate
- DOD and EPA sponsored numerous studies of perchlorate exposure, but findings about perchlorate's health effects are inconsistent
- Conclusions
- Recommendation for executive action
- Agency comments and our evaluation
- Appendix I: Objectives, scope, and mehtodology
- Appendix II: Facilities and sites whre perchlorate was found and concentration levels, as of January 2005
- Appendix III: Perchlorate health risk studies published since 1998
- Appendix IV: Summary of certain environmental laws and regulations
- Appendix V: Comments from the Environmental Protection Agency
- Appendix VI: Comments from the Department of Defense
- Appendix VII: GAO contacts and staff acknowledgments.