Dear 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.
”
Dear 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 Mr. Peekema for making this available. 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 that perchlorates are used, amongst other things, as a medicine – interesting. I have yet to hear of anyone being affected by all this.
I am much more concerned about the significance 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, this material hasn’t been 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 getting perchlorates in all these years clearly points to the fact that the water supposedly 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 their 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 and our water use has been declining ever since due to unprofitable agriculture. To me this implication is far more important than perchlorates.
Alfred Angelino, Gilroy
Submitted Monday, Aug. 4
