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Renewed calls for New Jersey limit on toxic chemical as EPA reportedly rejects national regulation

from NJ Spotlight

Renewed calls for New Jersey limit on toxic chemical as EPA reportedly rejects national regulation NJ Spotlight New Jersey policymakers are facing renewed pressure to regulate a chemical that is linked to thyroid and fetal development problems, following the federal government's reported decision not to set a national health standard. According to two published reports, the Environmental Protection Agency will say there’s no need to regulate perchlorate, a component of rocket fuel, despite the agency's earlier conclusion that the chemical is a threat to public health, and in apparent defiance of a court order directing the agency to impose a limit on its concentration in drinking water. READ MORE

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