EDITOR: I
’ve read research material that refutes the many statements made
by people, supposedly in the know, relating to perchlorates, “that
very little is known about human reactions to perchlorates.” This
is a published statement made in September 2002 and it should go
far in easing the unwarranted f
ears of many.
EDITOR:
I’ve read research material that refutes the many statements made by people, supposedly in the know, relating to perchlorates, “that very little is known about human reactions to perchlorates.” This is a published statement made in September 2002 and it should go far in easing the unwarranted fears of many.
I think there should be some public recognition and thanks, given to retired chemist Richard Peekema for making this available through a letter to the editor published Aug. 5 in The Times. He certainly has my thanks for laying this “crisis” to rest.
The findings of the study clearly state that 200 parts per billion (PPB) are completely safe for normal humans and that the cure for overdoses are simple and should ease many a mind. I was not aware till now that perchlorates are used, amont other things; as a medicine – interesting. I have yet to hear of anyone being affected by all this.
I am much more concerned in the significance of the fact that some 50 years have elapsed since the perchlorate deposit was started and, that despite the establishment of the large percolation ponds upslope and upstream of this deposit, hasn’t washed away. That doesn’t speak very eloquently of the speed and or volume of the very expensive imported water we are supposed to be receiving and are paying for.
The fact we are apparently not gettin perchlorates in all these years clearly points up the fact that the water that carried here is having a hard and slow time getting here.
The perchlorate part is good, the water part is something else – it shows that the percolation ponds are not working to our advantage in any way. So why are we being charged?
I believe that the water district should conduct a study (by an independent agency) to justify its water charges. Are we or are we not getting imported water?
I will say that even during the last drought years of the ‘70s, our average water levels dropped only by 35 feet so we have never been short of water down here and our water use has been declining ever since due to unprofitable agriculture. To me this implication is far more important than perchlorates.
Alfred R. Angelino, Gilroy
