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25 March 2004 |
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http://www.latimes.com/news/science/environment/la-me-perc... |
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The Bush administration is illegally withholding information about the ill effects of ammonium perchlorate, a rocket fuel ingredient that has tainted water supplies in at least 29 states, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday in L.A. by the Natural Resources Defense Council. The environmental group contends that the administration has broken the law by failing to turn over documents in response to requests for perchlorate-related records under the Freedom of Information Act. The environmental group requested the records from the White House, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Defense. It sought details of what government officials
knew about the scope of perchlorate pollution and the health effects of the contaminant. It also sought to determine whether defense officials had sought to soften EPA health rules governing
perchlorate, said an attorney for the environmental group, Aaron Colangelo. |
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