SCHIFF SEEKS $2.25 MILLION FOR CHROMIUM 6 CLEANUP.Byline: Staff and wire services Rep. Adam Schiff
Adam B. Schiff (born June 20 1960) is an American politician. He first served in the California State Senate. urged Congress on Wednesday to allocate $2.25 million to help finish a study and build a plant that could remove chromium 6 from Glendale's drinking water drinking water supply of water available to animals for drinking supplied via nipples, in troughs, dams, ponds and larger natural water sources; an insufficient supply leads to dehydration; it can be the source of infection, e.g. leptospirosis, salmonellosis, or of poisoning, e.g. supply. ``The federal government must maintain its commitment and see this project through to completion,'' said Schiff, D-Pasadena. The federal government allocated $750,000 for the project last year. But that money, along with $6 million in matching funds Noun 1. matching funds - funds that will be supplied in an amount matching the funds available from other sources cash in hand, finances, funds, monetary resource, pecuniary resource - assets in the form of money from the state and the city, still puts the project $2.25 million short of its $9 million price, he said. ``I think it was always seen as a partnership, with the federal government contributing an equal amount to what the state and local governments provided, in other words Adv. 1. in other words - otherwise stated; "in other words, we are broke" put differently $3 million each,'' said Paul Hubler, a Schiff aide. Don Froelich, water services administrator for Glendale, said the federal government has an obligation to fund the work the city is doing, because the research would benefit the nation. ``The chromium 6 issue is not just a Glendale issue. It's for sure a California issue. It will for sure become a national issue,'' he said. ``That's why we feel a national response is very appropriate.'' Froelich said the results of Glendale's research would be used by the state to set a standard for chromium 6 in drinking water. Currently, there are only standards for total chromium, of which chromium 6 is a component. Chromium 6, brought to national attention in the film ``Erin Brockovich,'' is a known industrial carcinogen carcinogen: see cancer. carcinogen Agent that can cause cancer. Exposure to one or more carcinogens, including certain chemicals, radiation, and certain viruses, can initiate cancer under conditions not completely understood. when inhaled. But scientists are divided about its effects when ingested in·gest tr.v. in·gest·ed, in·gest·ing, in·gests 1. To take into the body by the mouth for digestion or absorption. See Synonyms at eat. 2. in drinking water, according to Schiff's office. The $9 million would pay for construction of the plant and a study to determine ``the most effective technology for removing chromium 6,'' Hubler said. Glendale has a treatment plant capable of removing industrial solvents from water, but does not remove heavy metals heavy metals, n.pl metallic compounds, such as aluminum, arsenic, cadmium, lead, mercury, and nickel. Exposure to these metals has been linked to immune, kidney, and neurotic disorders. such as chromium 6, Hubler said. Schiff said the proposed facility would be ``the first treatment plant in the nation that will be capable of removing chromium 6 and other heavy metals from our drinking water.'' |
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