http://www.environmentcalifornia.org/in-the-news/clean-water/clean-water http://www.environmentcalifornia.org/in-the-news/clean-water/clean-water/water-standard-pushed http://www.environmentcalifornia.org/in-the-news/clean-water/clean-water/water-standard-pushed Sun, 30 Sep 2007 00:14:24 -0500 http://www.environmentcalifornia.org/in-the-news/clean-water/clean-water/group-hits-perchlorate-study-tactics http://www.environmentcalifornia.org/in-the-news/clean-water/clean-water/group-hits-perchlorate-study-tactics Sun, 30 Sep 2007 00:14:24 -0500 http://www.environmentcalifornia.org/in-the-news/clean-water/clean-water/chemical-research-questioned http://www.environmentcalifornia.org/in-the-news/clean-water/clean-water/chemical-research-questioned Sun, 30 Sep 2007 00:14:24 -0500 http://www.environmentcalifornia.org/in-the-news/clean-water/clean-water/reclaman-agua-sin-perclorato http://www.environmentcalifornia.org/in-the-news/clean-water/clean-water/reclaman-agua-sin-perclorato Sun, 30 Sep 2007 00:14:24 -0500 http://www.environmentcalifornia.org/in-the-news/clean-water/clean-water/pickets-demand-groundwater-cleanup Pickets demand groundwater cleanupMassiel LadróN De Guevara The Press-Enterprise  About 20 Rialto residents, a city councilman and representatives of nonprofit organizations gathered with signs in front of the Goodrich Corp. facility in Riverside on Friday, demanding that the corporation clean up perchlorate contamination in groundwater.The protestors claimed Goodrich and other corporations have funded extensive efforts to downplay the health risks associated with perchlorate and have refused to clean up groundwater they polluted with the chemical."Goodrich has denied they had a plant where they tested rockets in Rialto. Yet several years ago, under one of our schools, a rocket manufactured in Rialto around 1960 with Goodrich's name on it was found," said City Councilman Ed Scott.Gail Warner, director of media relations for Goodrich, said in a statement that the company conducted research and development in Rialto, with some production of missiles, from about 1957 to 1963.The company reached an interim agreement in 2003 to begin water treatment on public water wells in Rialto, Colton and Fontana, she wrote.In 2005, Goodrich entered an interim settlement agreement with the California Regional Water Quality Control Board to schedule further investigation of contamination and is continuing to work with the board, she wrote.Rialto and its public utility sued Goodrich and 41 other agencies and companies in January 2004 over perchlorate contamination.Perchlorate is a component of rocket fuel and fireworks that is believed to interfere with thyroid function and brain development. Fetuses and newborns are most at risk.The chemical has contaminated six of Rialto's wells.The Environmental California Research and Policy Center published a report that claims Goodrich and other corporations accused of contaminating the groundwater have tried to mislead the public and decision makers about the health risks associated with the chemical.Narene Deischer said she was protesting because she drank the city's tap water during two pregnancies in the mid-1980s and early 1990s, before residents had information about perchlorate contamination."One child died nine days after being born and the other child has several illnesses on the list of problems perchlorate can cause," Deischer said.She said her children who were born in Los Angeles don't have those problems.Reach Massiel Ladrón De Guevara at 909-806-3054 or mdeguevara@PE.com http://www.environmentcalifornia.org/in-the-news/clean-water/clean-water/pickets-demand-groundwater-cleanup Sun, 30 Sep 2007 00:14:24 -0500 http://www.environmentcalifornia.org/in-the-news/clean-water/clean-water/chemical-creep http://www.environmentcalifornia.org/in-the-news/clean-water/clean-water/chemical-creep Sun, 30 Sep 2007 00:14:24 -0500 http://www.environmentcalifornia.org/in-the-news/clean-water/clean-water/governor-vetoes-soto-water-bill http://www.environmentcalifornia.org/in-the-news/clean-water/clean-water/governor-vetoes-soto-water-bill Sun, 30 Sep 2007 00:14:24 -0500 http://www.environmentcalifornia.org/in-the-news/clean-water/clean-water/water-board-appointees-okd http://www.environmentcalifornia.org/in-the-news/clean-water/clean-water/water-board-appointees-okd Sun, 30 Sep 2007 00:14:24 -0500 http://www.environmentcalifornia.org/in-the-news/clean-water/clean-water/critics-blast-slow-perchlorate-cleanup Critics say groundwater cleanup taking too long By Andrew Silva, Staff WriterInland Valley Daily Bulletin Article Launched:08/22/2006 12:00:00 AM PDT  The cleanup of contaminated groundwater in Rialto, Colton and Fontana has been moving too slowly, critics contended during a state Senate hearing Monday. However, they stopped short of demanding that three members of the board overseeing the issue lose their seats."This is dragging on 10 years," local activist Penny Newman told the Senate Rules Committee. "The cost is being passed by the city of Rialto to its ratepayers."Newman is executive director of the Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice, which has been involved in environmental issues in San Bernardino and Riverside counties.The issue landed in front of the committee after Sen. Nell Soto, D-Pomona, demanded Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's three appointees to the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board appear in person because she is frustrated with how the board had addressed the issue. The appointments are usually routine and don't require hearings.Perchlorate, a rocket fuel ingredient also used in flares, fireworks and other products, has seeped into the soil from north Rialto, where defense related businesses and fireworks companies have operated for more than five decades.The chemical has contaminated 22 wells serving Rialto, Colton and Fontana, though at least nine of them now have treatment equipment in place that scrubs the perchlorate from the water.Carole Beswick, a former mayor of Redlands and now chairwoman of the Santa Ana board, defended the board's actions as it has sought a way to clean up the mess.Perchlorate is a top priority of the board, which has been conducting a long-running investigation to determine the extent of the problem and who is responsible, she said.The board issued a cleanup and abatement order against B.F. Goodrich Corp. in 2002 but rescinded the order after the company agreed to pay $4 million to begin treating contaminated water.That deal expires in October and the board could reissue the order at that time.Sen. Gibert Cedillo, D-Los Angeles, asked why the board rescinded the order instead of continuing to pursue Goodrich.Beswick argued Goodrich and the other suspected polluter, a corporate relative of Black and Decker, were aggressively fighting the orders, and it was almost certain to wind up in court.The board was interested in protecting the water as quickly as possible, and the deal allowed the cities to start installing wellhead treatments right away, she said."I'm very disturbed by this," Cedillo said. "You can't buy yourself out of a deal."Beswick countered that it seemed the best course of action at the time to get water cleaned quickly.Rialto is suing about 40 potentially responsible parties to recover the cost of treating and replacing water and attorneys working with Rialto said the matter is very complex and is made even more difficult because the suspected polluters are fighting so hard.Activists said they met with Beswick last week and received assurances she is committed to the cleanup and forcing the polluters to pay."We will give this board another chance," said Sujatha Jahagirdar, of Environment California.The board is already three members short, and without the current board members, the body wouldn't have a quorum.The other appointees are Mary Cramer, of Anaheim, and Deborah Neev, of Laguna Beach.At the end of the hearing the rules committee voted unanimously to recommend confirmation by the senate. 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