Perchlorate
Subtitle: 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
Contributors: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials
Publisher: U.S. Government Accountability Office
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Washington, D.C.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 74
Subjects: Perchlorates; Drinking water; Contamination
Notes: "May 2005."

Paper version available from: U.S. Government Accountability Office, 441 G St., NW, Rm. LM, Washington, D.C. 20548.

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Table of contents: title: Results in brief; title: Background; title: Perchlorate has been found at almost 400 sites across the United States; title: EPA and state environmental agenies use federal and state laws and regulations to respond to perchlorate; title: DOD and EPA sponsored numerous studies of perchlorate exposure, but findings about perchlorate's health effects are inconsistent; title: Conclusions; title: Recommendation for executive action; title: Agency comments and our evaluation; title: Appendix I: Objectives, scope, and mehtodology; title: Appendix II: Facilities and sites whre perchlorate was found and concentration levels, as of January 2005; title: Appendix III: Perchlorate health risk studies published since 1998; title: Appendix IV: Summary of certain environmental laws and regulations; title: Appendix V: Comments from the Environmental Protection Agency; title: Appendix VI: Comments from the Department of Defense; title: Appendix VII: GAO contacts and staff acknowledgments.