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.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Government Accountability Office.

Contributor:

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Perchlorates.

Drinking water--Contamination--United States.

Drinking water.

Drinking water--Contamination.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ii, 74 pages :) : illustrations, map, digital, PDF file

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Government Accountability Office, [2005]

System Details:

text file

PDF

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.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection. Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

Electronic reproduction. [Bethesda, Md.] : ProQuest, 2004. digital, PDF file. ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection. Mode of access: World Wide Web via ProQuest website.

Other Format:

Print version: United States. Government Accountability Office. Perchlorate

Microfiche version: United States. Government Accountability Office. Perchlorate. CIS 2005 J942-219

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