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<br />LIke .\I"'Jd.~ \;liJ Hrend.! ['ohlnl.ll1n.
<br />bureJu .:hll:f of 1.1, \'q~.l' UI>efJliom
<br />wilh NDEI~ l'"hlnl.ll1l1 ,nIJ...J that onn"
<br />pClchlo!.!le i. no longer !lowing inlll lh,"
<br />!Jkx. II nmlJ "ill takt' dun." 10 'eWIl
<br />veJn for remnan" of Iho: chcmi':JllO he
<br />llu,h...J Olll. It i_ l":ililll;U",1 dlJl ,inu:
<br />monilOnng !'l"rchlor.llc in lhe Lob Vcg.!\
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<br />recen! 1ll,"J,urClTl,"nt (If I'cuhlor.nc III
<br />IJke ~le>lJ \\.1\ It> 1'1'"'
<br />In Jul~' 2U01. (he' E!1\"iWlimClllJI
<br />\X'orking l;wup (!'\'n;)..In cnviwn-
<br />m,'nul r,.~t:Jrlh nlHIII. rcl"'J~t:J J r"porl
<br />,.milk'll wRm:Let SCi..lllt:: 1','rlhIOfJle
<br />.mJ Iht' Tm.il l,egJfY "flh{'" Cold \'('.H.w
<br />Th," r('porl pllfrlln~ dUI Ihe curren!
<br />~IJIC and federJI reCUlIlllll"n.l.nion< iin
<br />perchlorJte Inch in drinkjn~ wJIt'r .If'"
<br />fJr 100 hif;h Jnd <,'II In on .l.J pph .1, Ih...
<br />maximum len.1 of perchlorJI" r1Ut <houlJ
<br />h.. Jllo",eJ in drinkint:. wJt...r <urrli(",.
<br />"\'('... look Iht' EI':\\ (utTl:m J,,"'~,-
<br />Ill,'nl f(lr ri."flhlurJIt' Jnd .:orrr~lfeJ Ih.l!
<br />for the hoJ~. w...i~hl of .1 .hild .n
<br />oppo,ed to the hnd~. wetf:hl ol.lll .Idul!
<br />nlJle,~ ,.lid Bill \'('Jlkcr. .1 ,-u-Jmhor 0,"
<br />Ihe rC'(lOfl. \'("alkt'r ,.lid Ell.-\. hJs,,", il>
<br />guiddinC'~ tOt perchlor.1t... on ,hC' WJIC'1
<br />inukt' Jnd wC'lghl of .In Jdult mJle.
<br />Jhoul .:! liler.. Jnd 1"0 pounds rc<pe-c-
<br />([vely. The r...purl .11<0 nOI..., IhJI iniJnh
<br />h.lveJ I.lr gl'C'Jt...r (on<ull1('lion of WJIC'r
<br />10 body wt'i~hl. \\'Jlhr noted thJt ,infe
<br />puhli,hing th... r"'p"f1, T<,"\JS hJ< I".... ('red
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<br />d\Jt pcrlhlotJle t"alt'
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<br />IlJ< nrr,'~~,"d <nIK"'m
<br />lOIl<l~t."11l wiTh Ih..
<br />prlm,lrY"On<l,krJlltln
<br />of th... F\'(',-\ ~IUJ\'.
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<br />knnw what dlc([
<br />perchlor.ue ha~ in
<br />.ululr<. Ih~'rt" Jr,'
<br />tI1JK.ltllln' il nlJ.v
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<br />\tnlt' tht' th\"fflld I' \0
<br />Imporunf ro nlJnJ~ing Ih... developmen-
<br />1.11 prn.:e~'.w 'aiJ I(.'\'in .\IJv...r. pi.'rchlur"
<br />.lIe <-ollfJlnJlor lilf lht' Rq:lOn "
<br />SUl'eriund propJtn 01 Ih... EPA"
<br />lle ,aid Jddition.ll conlern' ,wet
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<br />~Tht're I' .I loncern IhJI ~omc
<br />veg"t.lhl..~ img.ucd wilh ColotJdo Ri\'er
<br />\<'.1I...r mJ\" lontJin .I (efuin I.'vel of
<br />pt'fchlo!JI" through Ihe WJlt'r upt.lke
<br />Jnd enpofJti\'l" process of theit I..ave'" w
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<br />IhJl JCf .I' horll1olle~ or hlo<-k Iht" ,1(1ion
<br />01 lutur.,1 hormont"lo III Ii\'rng orgJni~m~.
<br />Thl' (.In incluJe pcn:hlotJIt""
<br />L'S(~... 'Iudi,>, (omlu([eJ in J'}<){)
<br />.!i<owered th... pre~"rJ(t' of Icmalt' egJ:
<br />proteIn III hlooJ-plJsll1J 'Jli1ple~ oi male
<br />lJrp l<lUn.! III the w;hh an.! 1>.1.\. allJ
<br />el<;'"\'Jled I...veh In ICIllJle cur t{lun.! in
<br />Ill,' ba\'" Th,' di~<:o\'e~' dre", natiorl.ll
<br />.lllentinn Jnd <:JU".J Ill.!n\' lU wondet
<br />wh.lI lmp.KI .lIh<:r con_limen!\ In \\'J~h
<br />Iluw~. _,uch .1< hmh lontrol pilh. caul.!
<br />he hJVlng on .J(jU.!IK lIfe"
<br />III ]')',-:'. ~:-.:\X'.-\ provided .I WJllt IU
<br />Ihe .\IKhigall SIJle l'lli\'er~tly 10 ,tudy
<br />cll.lnnin<: diHupln' III rhe w.l<h. the
<br />h.l~" .IIlJ Lake :-OklJ. The primJry
<br />,clenli,I,Sh.llle
<br />SYIlJer.llowwork<
<br />perm;mently lor
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<br />~alwnJI Committcr
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<br />()i,rupters.
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<br />hoth <yn,helil Jllll
<br />nJlIIfJlI~' ,,(nil ring,
<br />in t1ww;l,h Jll.j b,l\"
<br />but .!iJ nOI del"d
<br />Ihl'<e compound, .II
<br />olher local inn, in In,'
<br />IJke.w SIl~.Je-f <aiJ.
<br />who s!re<seJ Ih.ll the JmOUnl' were- ~Iill
<br />al ven.. low k\'ch Ille;hured 1Il pJn,.pcr-
<br />rrill,on. ~unhe-f ~mdit"S r("'"CJIn! similar
<br />rc\ulr~. Though Jllen,ion JgJin WJ'
<br />Jr.lwll to cnJo...:rine Ji'rupl"rs .11 Ihc
<br />WJ,h and Like ~lcJd wh,'n hUlh Ihe
<br />USl;S ,IIlJ S1"'\'\'A eJch found one
<br />hnlllJphrodili.: (mntainin~ huth mJle
<br />Jnd fmule !>l":\ urg.ln,) fi,h in the IJke,
<br />Snyder \JiJ Ihe lind, Wt"fe just .l nJIUTJI
<br />'Klune-nlC.
<br />~AlIUJ]]Y, ,he:' ti\h in Lts Vega, BJ~.
<br />'C'('1ll wl..... ,ht' he:'Jlthit"lor whcn com-
<br />rared wilh OIher~ in Ihe Iake.~ ,Jid
<br />'invJt'r. ~The 'Jl11e hold, !rue for
<br />Gmtrmud 0'1 /,.Jg( J I
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<br />'" think we are going [0 see
<br />some dramatic drops in
<br />perchlorate levels of both
<br />the wash and the lake. bot
<br />it is diffkuh [0 predict how
<br />long it will lake before there
<br />is no perchlorate left in
<br />lake Mead,"
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<br />- Brenda Pohlmann, 8u~au Chief
<br />of Los Vtgas Operations with
<br />the Nevada Division of
<br />Environmental Protection
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<br />Endocrine Disrupters
<br />Conn('(I....! 10 pcrchlnrJte 1< rhe \lU.!~'
<br />of {'ndOlrint' .!i'lUplen, ('onsrnuclll<
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<br />8 . C\)IPR\l1,) RlnR I'RolH l' . RlnR RHOIlT . \'('l:-:nR .!OOI
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