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Should Selenium Be Regulated?
July 19, 2010 | Posted by Michael "Aquadoc" Campana
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When Lloyd Carter recently (11 June 2010) interviewed EPA Region 9 Administrator Jared Blumenfeld on his radio show Down in the Valley (on KFCF-FM) one of the items he pressed Blumenfeld on was the regulation of selenium (see my 22 June 2010 WaterWired post). Blumenfeld seemed interested in this issue.
Carter just sent me a copy of a recent column of his in which he makes the case for selenium regulation, especially with respect to wildlife.
Here is a PDF of Carter’s plea:
Download Selenium_column_Carter
Here is his original post.
The picture is from his post; it shows two sibling stilt embryos from the same nest, one deformed (left; 72 ppm Se dry weight) and the other one normal (16 ppm Se).
Want more information? Try the USGS’s selenium library.
“In any event, it is no longer a question of proving selenium’s dangers to aquatic ecosystems, wildlife and fish. The evidence is clear. It’s only a matter of political courage in the EPA regionally and nationally and more members of Congress demanding action.” — Lloyd G. Carter, from the article
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