[NukeNet] tritium standard and water

[marylia]

Hi, colleagues -- IMPORTANT TRITIUM UPDATE --the State of CA just
promulgated a new PUBLIC HEALTH GOAL for tritium contamination in water.

The CA state and our federal regulatory limit is a concentration of 20,000
picocuries per liter, as noted on this list serv. This is 5,000 times
higher than the new CA Public Health Goal of 400 picocuries per liter.

This new PHG was published in March 2006, and it opens up the door to
talking to the state and federal government (specifically CalEPA and
federal EPA) about making the rgulatory limit more strict.

For additional detail, check Tri-Valley CAREs website at
www.trivalleycares.org and go to a talk I gave on tritium -- it is on the
right hand side of the web site under the recent press releases section --
specifically under the media advisory we sent out for the event. Just click
-- it is a Word doc.

Also, you might Google or go to the State of CA web site directly. I'm not
at the office and so don't remember the exact web address -- can someone
else post it, please?

This is a truly historic opportunity to get the regs changed.

I invite you all to spend a bit of time on this!!!!

Peace,
Marylia

Marylia Kelley
Executive Director
Tri-Valley CAREs
(Communities Against a Radioactive Environment)
2582 Old First Street
Livermore, CA USA 94551

<http://www.trivalleycares.org> - is our web site address. Please visit us
there!

(925) 443-7148 - is our phone
(925) 443-0177 - is our fax