IEER | Bad to the Bone

Letter to the EPA

RE: the IEER report Bad to the Bone: Analysis of the Federal Maximum Contaminant Levels for Plutonium-239 and Other Alpha-Emitting Transuranic Radionuclides in Drinking Water


This letter is now closed to sign-ons.


August 1, 2005

Cynthia Dougherty
Director, Office of Groundwater and Drinking Water
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Ariel Rios Building
Mail Code 4601M
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20460

Dear Ms. Dougherty,

As you go into your 2006 review of standards for radionuclides in drinking water, we urge you to carefully examine the report entitled Bad to the Bone: Analysis of the Federal Maximum Contaminant Levels for Plutonium-239 and Other Alpha-Emitting Transuranic Radionuclides in Drinking Water prepared by the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research. The careful scientific analysis in this report shows that the present Maximum Contaminant Limit of 15 picocuries per liter for gross alpha contamination, which includes plutonium-239 and other alpha-emitting, long-lived transuranic radionuclides, no longer fulfills the letter and intent of the drinking water regulations in terms of protection of public health.

The changed scientific understanding in regards to the dangers of plutonium and related radionuclides in the three decades since the drinking water regulations were first promulgated shows that a much tighter MCL should be set for alpha-emitting, long-lived transuranic radionuclides. The MCL should be 0.15 picocuries per liter. The limit today is a hundred times greater - 15 picocuries per liter in the absence of any other alpha-emitting radionuclides in the water.

The EPA did not revise the MCL during its last review of radioactivity in drinking water in the year 2000, despite the fact that the EPA itself has published dose conversion factors and other information that indicated that the MCL for alpha-emitting, long-lived transuranic radionuclides was outdated and no longer fulfilled the intent of the regulation as it was promulgated in 1976.

We, the undersigned, endorse the recommendations of the IEER report on the MCLs for alpha-emitting, long-lived transuranic radionuclides in drinking water. Specifically, we are asking you to adopt its central recommendation that the combined MCL for alpha-emitting, long-lived transuranic radionuclides be set at 0.15 picocuries per liter. The regulation should also reflect the corresponding IEER recommendation for a lower detection limit. Please contact Dr. Arjun Makhijani, the author of the report and president of IEER, at 301-270-5500 or arjun[at]ieer.org if you have any questions about this letter or the report.

Thanking you in anticipation,

[Initial signatories as of August 1, 2005]

Arjun Makhijani, Ph.D.
Institute for Energy and Environmental Research
Takoma Park, Maryland

Bobbie Paul
Atlanta Women's Action for New Directions
Atlanta, Georgia

Louis Zeller
Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League
Glendale Springs, North Carolina

Sue Dayton
Citizen Action New Mexico
Sandia Park, New Mexico

Paul Schwartz
Clean Water Action
Washington, D.C.

Joni Arends
Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety
Santa Fe, New Mexico

Sheri Kotowski
Embudo Valley Environmental Monitoring Group
Dixon, New Mexico

Alice Slater
Global Resource Action Center for the Environment
New York, New York

Gerald Pollet, JD
Heart of America Northwest
Seattle, Washington

Penelope McMullen, SL
Loretto Community
Santa Fe, New Mexico

Geoffrey H. Fettus
Natural Resources Defense Council
Washington, D.C.

Douglas Meiklejohn
New Mexico Environmental Law Center
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Carah Ong
Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
Washington, D.C.

Jay Coghlan
Nuclear Watch of New Mexico
Santa Fe, New Mexico

Mavis Belisle
Peace Farm
Panhandle, Texas

Robert K. Musil, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Physicians for Social Responsibility
Washington, D.C.

Vina Colley
Portsmouth/Piketon Residents for Environmental Safety and Security
McDermott, Ohio

Erin Hamby
Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center
Boulder, Colorado

Jeremy Maxand
Snake River Alliance
Boise, Idaho

Tonya Kleuskens
STAND, Inc.
Amarillo, Texas

State Representative Nan Grogan Orrock
Women Legislator's Lobby, President
Atlanta, Georgia

Bryony Schwan
Women's Voices for the Earth
Missoula, Montana


This letter is now closed to additional sign-ons.


[Additional signatories endorsing after August 1, 2005 (alphabetical order by organization or last name)]

  1. Julie Hill
    84,000 Doors Productions
    Atlanta, GA

  2. Adele Kushner
    Action for a Clean Environment
    Alto, GA

  3. Lindsay Suter
    AIACT Comittee on the Environment
    New Haven, CT

  4. David Lopez
    Albuquerque Center for Peace and Justice
    Albuquerque, NM

  5. Susan Gordon
    Alliance for Nuclear Accountability
    Seattle, WA

  6. Rochelle Becker
    Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility
    San Luis Obispo, CA

  7. Richard Keller
    Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility
    Morro Bay, CA

  8. Michael Perkins
    AMMD
    Minnetonka, MN

  9. Alice O. Lynch
    BIHA (Black, Indian, Hispanic and Asian Women in Action)
    Minneapolis, MN

  10. Daya Fisch
    Breast Health Project
    Pacific Grove, CA

  11. Robert Creighton, II
    BTAG, LLC
    Madison, WI

  12. Sarah Jacobson, Ms.
    Burbank Neighbors for Peace and Justice
    Sherman Oaks, CA

  13. Lynn Barris
    Butte Environmental Council
    Chico, CA

  14. Janet Nichols-Elliott
    C.L.E.A.N.U.P.
    Sugar Creek, MO

  15. Bev Baker, Ms
    Canines Against Nuclear Energy
    Cleveland, GA

  16. Foad Alvandi
    Capitol College
    Laurel, MD

  17. Timothy Liszewski
    Carolina Peace Resource Center
    Columbia, SC

  18. MICHAEL AURELIO PELLINO
    CELESTIAL ENGINEERING INC.
    SAN DIEGO, CA

  19. Jan Misquez
    Center For Community Action and Environmental Justice
    San Bernardino, CA

  20. Devra Davis
    Center for Environmental Oncology University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute
    Pittsburgh, PA

  21. Lynn Johnson
    Center for Serenity, Inc.
    Hartford, CT

  22. Genevieve Vaughan
    Center for the Gift Economy
    Austin, TX

  23. Clark Bullard, Former Chair
    Central Midwest Interstate Compact Commission for LLRW
    Urbana, IL

  24. John Stevens
    Chairman Green Party San Bernardino County
    Tecopa, CA

  25. Anne Rabe
    CHEJ
    Albany, NY

  26. Peggy Maze Johnson
    Citizen Alert
    Las Vegas, NV

  27. Tony Guzman
    Citizen Alert
    Las Vegas, NV

  28. Patricia J. Ameno, Chairperson
    Citizen's Action for a Safe Environment
    Leechburg, PA

  29. Janet Greenwald
    Citizens for Alternatives to Radioactive Dumping
    Albuqurque, NM

  30. Tony Prokott
    Citizens for Corporate Redesign
    Minneapolis, MN

  31. Elaine Cimino
    Citizens for Environmental Safeguards (CES)
    Santa Fe, NM

  32. S.(Ziggy) Kleinau, Coordinator
    Citizens For Renewable Energy(CFRE)
    Lion's Head,, NY

  33. Laura Olah
    Citizens for Safe Water Around Badger
    Merrimac, WI

  34. Samantha Dixion
    City of Westminster
    Westminster, CO

  35. Joyce Tan
    Clean Water Action
    Pittsburgh, PA

  36. Diana McKeown
    Clean Water Action Alliance of Minnesota
    Minneapolis, MN

  37. Hope Taylor-Guevara, MSPH
    Clean Water for North Carolina
    Asheville, NC

  38. Bill Garrett
    Cleanpeace.org
    Bridgeport, CT

  39. Jesse N. Marquez
    Coalition For A Safe Environment
    Wilmington, CA

  40. Helen Butler
    Coalition for People's Agenda
    Atlanta, GA

  41. Bob Kinsey
    Colorado Coalition for Prevention of Nuclear War
    Denver, Co

  42. Johnny White
    Community Health Initative
    Richmond, CA

  43. James Marquart
    Consumer Cost Consultants, Inc.
    Clarksville, IN

  44. Mary Ellen Marucci
    Cooperative Citizen's Monitoring Network
    New Haven, CT

  45. Geralyn Winslow
    CT Coalition Against Millstone
    Waterfold, CT

  46. Diana Trani
    Da'owaga
    Lake Tahoe, CA

  47. Sheilah Hona
    Da'owaga / Mama Earth
    Truckee, CA

  48. Jenefer Ellingston, Ms.
    DC Statehood Green Party
    Washington, DC

  49. Victoria Usher
    Democracy for Greater Hartford
    Glastonbury, CT

  50. Chris Papadopoulos
    Dept. of Civil Engineering & Mechanics UW-Milwaukee
    Milwaukee, WI

  51. Enh Jansen
    Dept. of the Planet Earth
    Washington, DC

  52. Kathy Liggett
    DFA (Michiana)
    South Bend, IN

  53. Marge Goetsch
    E-Council - University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
    Milwaukee, WI

  54. Muhammad Abdullah
    Eagle Vision Solutions
    Lithonia, GA, GA

  55. Olivia Andrews
    Earthlife Africa
    Cape Town, So

  56. Mashile Phalane
    Earthlife Africa
    Johannesburg, Se

  57. Susan Runyan
    East Bay Peace Action
    Albany, CA

  58. Barbara Schreiber
    East of the River
    Milwaukee, WI

  59. David Close, Ph.D.
    East TN St. Univ.
    Johnson City, TN

  60. Carol Williams
    ECO-Action
    Atlanta, GA

  61. Caron Balkany
    Ecoed
    Santa Fe, NM

  62. Eldila Almonte
    Educators for Social Responsibility
    New York, NY

  63. Joe Maner
    Effingham County Georgia Citizen
    Guyton, GA

  64. Judith Johnsrud, Ph.D.
    Environmental Coalition on Nuclear Power
    State College, PA

  65. Vincent Garry
    Environmental Med and Path; UMN
    Mpls, MN

  66. Michael Manetas, Retired
    ERE Dept., Humboldt State University
    Mckinleyville, CA

  67. James Rauch
    F.A.C.T.S. (For A Clean Tonawanda Site), Inc.
    Tonawanda, NY

  68. Terry Nordbrock
    Families Against Cancer & Toxics (FACT)
    Tucson, AZ

  69. Lisa Crawford
    Fernald Residents For Environmental Safety & Health, Inc.
    Harrison, OH

  70. Floyd Sands
    FIST-Families In Search of Truth
    Fallon, NV

  71. LeVonne Stone
    Fort Ord Environmental Justice Network
    marina, CA

  72. Susu Jeffrey
    Friends of Coldwater
    Minneapolis, MN

  73. Bill Mills
    Friends of Yellowwood
    Nashville, IN

  74. William Hooker, Sr.
    Ga. Bowhunter Supply Co. Inc
    Appling, GA

  75. Haydn Evans, AP
    Genesis Wildlife
    Scranton, PA

  76. Michael Hamilton, PE
    Georgia Institute of Technology
    Atlanta, GA

  77. Susan Bloomfield
    Georgia Savannah River Group Sierra Club
    Augusta, GA

  78. Marci R. Culley, Ph.D.
    Georgia State University
    Atlanta, GA

  79. Glenn Carroll
    Georgians Against Nuclear Energy
    Atlanta, GA

  80. Arthur Dombeck
    Global Council of Citizens
    Las Cruces, NM

  81. Stephanie Chalupka
    Grafton Board of Health
    Grafton, MA

  82. Suzanne Rosenblatt
    Grass Roots
    Milwaukee, WI

  83. Bert Golding, ENG
    Gray Panthers of Houston
    Houston, TX

  84. Michael Andregg
    Ground Zero MN
    St. Paul, MN

  85. Sal DiGiacomo
    Groups Allied to Stop Pollution
    San Antonio, TX

  86. Virginia Egan
    Half Moon Rising, Inc.
    Nashua, NH

  87. Paige Knight
    Hanford Watch
    Portland, OR

  88. John Steinbach
    Hiroshima/Nagasaki Peace committee
    Manassas, VA

  89. Harriet Barlow
    HKH Foundation
    New York, NY

  90. Jennifer O. Viereck
    HOME: Healing Ourselves & Mother Earth
    Tecopa, CA

  91. Bill Heavens
    Hope4Kids2
    Mesa, AZ

  92. Louis Ricciuti, director
    IICPH, IERO-Citizen Oversight Committee
    Niagara Falls-Lewiston, New York "L, NY

  93. Solar Sat Law
    Inca Permaculture
    Santa Fe, NM

  94. Susan Maret, Ph.D.
    Information Ecology Associates
    Denver, CO

  95. Edith A. Smart
    Inland Empire Debating Society
    San Bernardino, CA

  96. Tom White
    Interfaith Peacemakers of Edina
    Edina, MN

  97. Maureen McCue, MD, PhD
    Iowa Chapter Physicians for Social Responsibility
    Oxford, IA

  98. Terez Storm
    Jerome Fire Department
    Jerome, AZ

  99. Sheila Haney
    League of Women Voters of SC
    Hartsville, SC

  100. Michael Juras
    League of Women Voters South Carolina
    Columbia, SC

  101. Robert Daniels, II
    Lehigh Pocono Committee of Concern
    Jim Thorpe, PA

  102. Sherlina Nageer
    Literacy for Environmental Justice
    San Francisco, CA

  103. Cathie Sullivan
    Los Alamos Museum Project
    Santa Fe, NM

  104. Martha Roberts
    MAP (MN Alliance of Peacemakers)
    Minneapolis, MN

  105. Debbie Duggan
    MCC/WWC/TOXIC/IRC
    Wilmington, MA

  106. Krista Menzel
    Merriam Park Neighbors for Peace
    St. Paul, MN

  107. Melissa Pappas
    Merriam Park Neighbors for Peace
    St. Paul, MN

  108. Sharon Cowdrey, RN.BSN
    Miamisburg Environmental Safety& Health Inc. MESH Inc.
    Miamisburg, OH

  109. Tara Thornton
    Military Toxics Project
    Lewiston, ME

  110. Sally Shaw, Ms.
    motherhood
    Gill, MA

  111. Tony Tweedale
    MT-CHEER
    Missoula, WA

  112. William Whitman
    My daughter & Osteosarcoma after drinking Alpha 7.63 for 10 yrs along her friends all 7 with ost
    Tobyhanna PA 18466, PA

  113. Judy Treichel
    Nevada Nuclear Waste Task Force
    Las Vegas, NV

  114. Ajamu Sankofa
    New York City Chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility
    New York, NY

  115. Beth Wellington
    none
    Roanoke, VA

  116. Hugh Haskell, Ph.D.
    North Carolina School of Science & Mathematics
    Durham, NC

  117. Sandra Thaxter
    North Shore Coalition for Peace and Justice
    Newburyport, MA

  118. Barbara Haack
    North Shore Coalition for Peace and Justice
    Newburyport, MA

  119. Melissa Frith
    Northern Kentucky University
    Cincinnati, OH

  120. David Krieger, Ph.D. J.D.
    Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
    Santa Barbara, CA

  121. Michele Rene Weston
    Nuclear-Free Texas
    Bastrop County, TX

  122. John LaForge
    Nukewatch
    Luck, WI

  123. Ralph Hutchison
    Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance
    Oak Ridge, TN

  124. Orew Lyons
    Onondaga Nation
    Nedrow, NY

  125. Angela Crowley-Koch
    Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility
    Portland, OR

  126. Linda Musmeci Kimball
    Oxford Citizens for Peace & Justice
    Oxford, OH

  127. Ernest Goitein
    P.L.A.N.
    Atherton, CA

  128. Barbara Backman
    PACE
    Canton, CT

  129. Judi Friedman
    PACE People's Action for Clean Energy
    Canton, CT

  130. Ken Owen
    PACE Peoples Action for Clean Energy
    West Granby, CT

  131. Dave Robinson
    Pax Christi USA
    Erie, PA

  132. LaDonna Williams
    People for Children's Health & Environmental Justice
    Vallejo, CA

  133. Nevin Christensen
    People's Action for Clean Energy
    West Simsbury, CT

  134. Carol Masters
    Phil Berrigan DU Coalition
    Minneapolis, MN

  135. Chettikulam Nellainayagam Deivanayagam, MBBS,FRCP(Edin)
    Physicians for Peace
    Chennai,Tamilnadu India,

  136. Richard Gibson
    Physicians for Social Responsibility
    Greater Kansas City, MO

  137. Jennifer Ashby
    Physicians for Social Responsibility
    Greater Kansas City, KS

  138. Joseph Duerksen
    Physicians for Social Responsibility
    Roeland Park, KS

  139. Jonathan Parfrey
    Physicians for Social Responsibility - Los Angeles
    Los Angeles, CA

  140. Mary Ann Beattie
    Physicians for Social Responsibility Kansas Chapter
    Wichita, KS

  141. Ann Behrmann
    Physicians for Social Responsibility Madison Chapter
    Madison, WI

  142. Ed Arnold
    Physicians for Social Responsibility/Atlanta
    Atlanta, GA

  143. Olga Delgado
    Physicians for Social Responsibility/Chicago Chapter
    Chicago, IL

  144. Mary Lampert
    Pilgrim Watch
    Duxbury, MA

  145. Ellen Thomas
    Proposition One Committee
    Washington, DC

  146. Daniel Fine
    PSR-Pittsburgh
    Pittsburgh, PA

  147. Wenonah Hauter
    Public Citizen
    Washington, DC

  148. Howard Wilshire, Ph.D.
    Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility
    Sebastopol, CA

  149. Jada Jackson
    Quaker Earthcare Witness
    Willingboro, NJ

  150. R. D. Levno
    R. D. Levno Consulting
    Anchorage, AK

  151. Charles Clark
    Radiated Veterans of America
    Kailua, HI

  152. D.D. Trent
    Republicans for Environmental Protection
    Claremont, CA

  153. Cruz Montaņez, Mr.
    Retired Educator
    Odessa, TX

  154. Douglas Parker
    Roots
    Costa Mesa, CA

  155. Brett Bursey
    SC Progressive Network
    Columbia, SC

  156. Ted Schettler
    Science and Environmental Health Network
    Ames, IA

  157. Kathleen Burns, Ph.D.
    Sciencecorps
    Lexington, MA

  158. Jane Nielson
    Sebastopol Water Information Group
    Sebastopol, CA

  159. Deborah Moore
    Second Look
    Worcester, MA

  160. Robert Gould, MD
    SF-Bay Area Chapter PSR
    Berkeley, CA

  161. Roger Diedrich
    Sierra Club
    Fairfax, VA

  162. Mary Bodde, SC
    Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati
    Mt. St. Joseph, OH

  163. Margaret Gould
    Solidarity House
    Shorewood, WI

  164. Sara Barczak
    Southern Alliance for Clean Energy
    Savannah, GA

  165. Sarah Edwards
    State Representative
    Brattleboro, VT

  166. Barbara C. French
    State Representative
    Henniker, NH

  167. Rep. Barb Goodwin
    State Representative
    Columbia Heights, MN

  168. Rep. Lillian O'Brien
    State Representative
    Lewiston, ME

  169. Ellen Story
    State Representative
    Amherst, MA

  170. Gabrielle Giffords
    State Senator
    Tucson, AZ

  171. Lydia Straus-Edwards
    Straus-Edwards Associates Architects
    San Diego, CA

  172. Denise Nelson
    Support & Education for Radiation Victims
    Kensington, MD

  173. Theo Colborn, Ph.D.
    TEDX, Inc. (The Endocrine Disruption Exchange)
    Paonia, CO

  174. Grace Singh Bhairo
    TEJ Enterprises
    Bay Point, CA

  175. Sandra Gavutis
    The C-10 Research and Education Foundation
    Newburyport, MA

  176. Norm Buske
    The RadioActivist Campaign
    Belfair, WA

  177. Whitney Morris
    The Water Portfolio Lindsay LLC
    Concord, MA

  178. Marylia Kelley
    Tri-Valley CAREs (Communities Against a Radioactive Environment)
    Livermore, CA

  179. Paul B. Popinchalk
    Unitarian Green Sanctuary Project
    West Hartford, CT

  180. Dean Abrahamson, M.D., Ph.D.
    University of Minnesota
    Minneapolis, MN

  181. Andreas Rosenberg, Ph.D.
    University of Minnesota
    Minneapolis, MN

  182. Brent Buechel
    University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Environmental Council
    Milwaukee, WI

  183. Fiona Sinclair, Dr.
    UNM Sustainability Studies
    Albuquerque, NM

  184. Tracey Heatherington
    UWM Environmental Council
    Milwaukee, WI

  185. Donald Keesing
    Voices Opposed To Environmental Racism
    Takoma Park, MD

  186. Sunil Aggarwal
    WA Physicians for Social Responsibility
    Seattle, WA

  187. S. Ruth Fuller
    WAND
    W. Bloomfield, MI

  188. Amanda Deering
    WAND
    South Bend, IN

  189. Letetia Brown
    WAND
    Baltimore, MD

  190. Jessica Minkovitz
    WAND
    Atlanta, GA

  191. Gwyn Kirk
    WAND Education Fund
    San Francisco, CA

  192. Kathy Van Dame
    Wasatch Clean Air Coalition
    Salt Lake City, UT

  193. Frank Settle
    Washington & Lee University
    Lexington, VA

  194. Geneva Lucas
    We Never Say Never
    Philadelphia, PA

  195. Peggy M. Shepard
    West Harlem Environmental Action, Inc. (WE ACT)
    New York, NY

  196. Lewis Patrie, M.D.
    Western N. C. Physicians for Social Responsibility
    Asheville, NC

  197. Mary Beaudoin
    Women Against Military Madness
    Minneapolis, MN

  198. Polly Mann
    Women Against Military Madness
    Minneapolis, MN

  199. Elizabeth Burr
    Women Against Military Madness
    St. Paul, MN

  200. Lisa Simer
    Women's Cancer Resource Center
    Minneapolis, MN

  201. Ellen E Barfield
    Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
    Baltimore, MD

  202. Kate Zaidan
    Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)
    Philadelphia, PA

  203. Michael Hofmann, Ph.D.
    Wormwood Research
    Honolulu, HI

  204. Mark Davis
    Yamhill Valley Peacemakers
    McMinnville, OR

  205. Kim Storm
    YWCA of Duluth Breast Cancer Awareness Program
    Duluth, MN

  206. D.M.
    Venice, CA

  207. Glenda Abbott, Concerned First Nation Citizen
    Christopher Lake, AZ

  208. Alfred Aeppli
    Saint Paul, MN

  209. Alexandra Amonette
    Richland, WA

  210. Lorrayne Anderson
    Minneapolis, MN

  211. Anonymous Anonymous
    Minneapolis, MN

  212. Steve Anthony
    Minneapolis, MN

  213. Denise Austin
    Uniontown, OH

  214. David Austin
    Uniontown, OH

  215. Savmya Ayyagari
    Cary, NC

  216. Michael Badran
    San Diego, CA

  217. Lanny Bakken, Mr.
    Spokane Valley, WA

  218. Valentina Barnes
    Minneapolis, MN

  219. Susan Barton
    Minneapolis, MN

  220. Ruth Bassett
    Fresno, CA

  221. Tillie Begay
    Espanola, NM

  222. Uwe Behrmann
    Laurel, MD

  223. Kristina Bennett
    Los Osos, CA

  224. Dori Bernstein
    Oak Park, IL

  225. Samera Beshir
    Durham, NC

  226. Pluma Beyer
    Mountain City, TN

  227. Rosemary Bilchak
    Hotchkiss, CO

  228. Patricia Bolles
    New London, CT

  229. Kate Boniske
    Arden, NC

  230. Eric Bourgeois, Ph.D.
    Cambridge, MA

  231. Lawrence Breakstone
    Block Island, RI

  232. Vernon Brechin
    Mountain View, CA

  233. Helen Bremmer
    Edina, MN

  234. Rose Brewster
    Arcata, CA

  235. Margaret Brooke Anthony
    Minneapolis, MN

  236. Janet Brown, Disabled Employee of Rocky Flats Nuclear
    Denver, CO

  237. Art Brown
    Garberville, CA

  238. Sharon Brown, Ph. D.
    Yaphank, NY

  239. Micky Bullard
    Pembroke, NC

  240. Francisco Burgos
    Baltimore, MD

  241. Martha Bushnell, Ph.D.
    Boulder, CO

  242. Darlene Carroll
    Minneapolis, MN

  243. Shari Casey
    Minneapolis, MN

  244. Terry Clark, JD
    Arcata, CA

  245. Matthew Clinton, Env. Scientist
    Norman, OK

  246. Helen Cochrane
    Seattle, WA

  247. Lisa Cohen
    Croton, NY

  248. Pearl Cole
    Minneapolis, MN

  249. Clare Colman
    Bloomfield, MI

  250. Rose Coon
    Leechburg, PA

  251. Ginny Craig
    Minneapolis, MN

  252. Cheryl Craigne
    Albany, NY

  253. Deborah Crowchild
    Sandgate, VT

  254. Rebecca Culley-Healey
    Fenton, MI

  255. Ginger Currie
    Glenwood Springs, CO

  256. Peter Darling, Mr.
    Cape Elizabeth, ME

  257. marietta delehant, ms.
    rockport, MA

  258. Nina M. DiAngelis
    Golden Valley, MN

  259. SALLY DIETZ
    SANTA ROSA, CA

  260. Sibyl Diver
    Seattle, WA

  261. Michele Dubow
    Durham, NC

  262. Harriet Duerre
    Bloomington, MN

  263. Devorah Duncan
    Watsonville, CA

  264. James Eckleberry
    Espanola, NM

  265. Sally Economon
    Minneapolis, MN

  266. Henry Elkins, Ph.D.
    Chapel Hill, NC

  267. Mr. Irucka Embry
    Lexington, KY

  268. Robert Evers
    Gilbert, AZ

  269. Stephen Ewall, Mr.
    Bensalem, PA

  270. Tasha Farr
    St. Paul, MN

  271. Gwen Farry
    Chicago, IL

  272. K. Feilmeyer
    St. Paul, MN

  273. Sandra Felton
    Eden Prairie, MN

  274. Mary Ferley
    Minneapolis, MN

  275. Cathy Finney
    Prattville, AL

  276. Pam Florey
    South Bend, IN

  277. Katie & Rick Fournier
    Minneapolis, MN

  278. Bryan D. Freehling
    Lahaska, PA

  279. Gunvantray Gajjar
    Hanford, CA

  280. Donna Garrison
    Austin, TX

  281. Maria Genne
    Minneapolis, MN

  282. Tara Gill Gill
    Rosman, NC

  283. Christine Glathe
    San Diego, CA

  284. Sriram Gopal
    Baltimore, MD

  285. Shirley M. Graham
    Bloomington, MN

  286. Alice Graner
    Minneapolis, MN

  287. Donna Grant
    Melrose, CT

  288. Athanasia Gregoriades
    New York, NY

  289. Anne Gregory-Bepler
    Hillsborough, NC

  290. Carol Griffin
    Minneapolis, MN

  291. Michelle Gross
    Saint Paul, MN

  292. Carolyn Guidry
    Pendleton, OR

  293. Pamela Haas
    St. Paul, MN

  294. Matthew Hall
    Marietta, GA

  295. Sue Halligan
    Woodbury, MN

  296. Mary Jane Hand
    Minneapolis, MN

  297. Phebe Hanson
    St. Paul, MN

  298. Diana Haskell
    Cary, NC

  299. Drew Hempel, M.A.
    Minneapolis, MN

  300. Diane Henshel, PhD
    Bloomington, IN

  301. David Hickey, Retired professor, editor
    Okemos, MI

  302. Nell Hidalgo
    New York, NY

  303. Sabine Hilding
    Portland, OR

  304. Frank Hill
    North Hollywood, CA

  305. John Hinds
    Tulsa, OK

  306. Anthony Hrbek
    Weldon Springs, MO

  307. Yolanda Huet-Vaughn
    Kansas City, MO

  308. Cindi Hunter
    Sandy, UT

  309. Kristin Isler
    Greensboro, NC

  310. Stan Jacobson
    Saint Paul, MN

  311. Jacob Jesson
    Madison, WI

  312. Francy Jesson
    Madison, WI

  313. Mary Lee Johnson
    Minneapolis, MN

  314. Patrick Jones
    Elmwood Park, IL

  315. Whitney Kakos
    Cambridge, MA

  316. Fran Kaplan
    Newbury, MA

  317. Renate Kasak
    Bloomington, IN

  318. Jean Keller
    So. Portland, ME

  319. Constance Kolpitcke, Retired, Grandmother
    Cornelius, NC

  320. Claire Kowemecewa-Poncho, Tribal Employee
    Laguna, NM

  321. Richard Lancaster
    Springfield, GA

  322. Patti Landres
    Wayzata, MN

  323. Linda Ledwidge
    Harbor Springs, MI

  324. Lisa Ledwidge
    Minneapolis, MN

  325. Robert Lesko
    Granby, CT

  326. Dorothy Lilja
    Minneapolis, MN

  327. Sandra Lilligren, Registered Geologist
    Clarkston, WA

  328. Alice Lincoln
    Minneapolis, MN

  329. Robert Lincoln
    Rutland, VT

  330. Hillary Little
    Towson, MD

  331. Stephanie Longley
    Dublin, OH

  332. Denise Lovett
    Espanola, NM

  333. Mason Lowe
    Seattle, WA

  334. Monica Mack
    Godley, IL

  335. Dorice Madronero
    Suffern, NY

  336. Sally Magers
    Aurora, CO

  337. Marcia Marks
    Bethesda, MD

  338. Audrey Joann Marquart, School Teacher
    Clarksville, IN

  339. Ryan Marquart
    Clarksville, IN

  340. Amy Hadden Marsh
    Glenwood Springs, CO

  341. M. Gertrude Martin
    Woodbury, CT

  342. Henry Mayer, MD
    Woodside, CA

  343. Susan Mayer
    Lee, NH

  344. James McCann
    Chocowinity, NC

  345. Forrest McMunn
    Bloomington, IN

  346. Neena McNair
    French Corral, CA

  347. Joan Meierotto
    Afton, MN

  348. David Meldrum
    Redford, MI

  349. Gail Merrill
    New Canaan, CT

  350. Tabitha Metreger
    West Chicago, IL

  351. Mian Michael
    Concord, NC

  352. Dave Michaels
    Silver Spring, MD

  353. Betty Mielke
    Bloomington, MN

  354. Lucille Miller
    Minneapolis, MN

  355. Carol Minefee, RN
    Atlanta, GA

  356. Rhonda Moore
    Lathrup Village, MI

  357. Charles Morgan
    Willimantic, CT

  358. Jeanne Morgan
    Richfield, MN

  359. Marian Naranjo
    Santa Clara Pueblo, NM

  360. Amy Naranjo
    Santa Fe, NM

  361. Joy Nelson, MSW
    Minneapolis, MN

  362. Lynne Nelson
    Palouse, WA

  363. Erik Nelson
    Minneapolis, MN

  364. Mary Lou Nelson
    Minneapolis, MN

  365. Frances S. Nelson
    Minneapolis, MN

  366. Ellie Norton
    Whittier, NC

  367. Dorothy Papermaster
    Minneapolis, MN

  368. Jan Paulsen
    Minneapolis, MN

  369. Dina Pelletier
    Avon, CT

  370. Sam Penney
    Fairfax, VA

  371. Dolores C. Pino, Esq.
    Morton Grove, IL

  372. Katie Politiske
    Lino Lakes, MN

  373. Noelyn Porter
    St. Paul, MN

  374. Joan Pride
    Edina, MN

  375. Joyce Prudden
    St. Louis Park, MN

  376. Grace Ramseyer
    Minnetonka, MN

  377. Himavanth Rao
    Cumming, GA

  378. Kim Reichart
    Baltimore, MD

  379. Tanya Rentz
    Grass Valley, CA

  380. Deane Rosen
    Philadelphia, PA

  381. Noel Rowe
    Charlestown, RI

  382. Gary Sachs
    Brattleboro, VT

  383. James Salsman
    Mountain View, CA

  384. Wayne Sanborn
    West Newbury, MA

  385. Ingrid Sanborn
    West Newbury, MA

  386. Kathy Sanchez
    Santa Fe, NM

  387. Corrine Sanchez
    Santa Fe, NM

  388. Kayode Sanusi-A
    Jamaica, NY

  389. Margaret Schally
    St. Paul, MN

  390. Gladys Schmitz, R.N., M.S.
    Mankato, MN

  391. Thomas Schultz
    Royal Oak, MI

  392. Steve Schwarz
    St. Paul, MN

  393. John Schwarz
    St. Paul, MN

  394. Margaret Schwarz
    Oakland, CA

  395. Theodore Scribner, Esq.
    Cuyahoga Falls, ND

  396. Jainik Shah
    Dearborn, MI

  397. Anne Shainline
    Minneapolis, MN

  398. Patricia Shaskin
    East Hartford, CT

  399. Michael Shoop
    St. Louis Park, MN

  400. Madeline Simon
    Bloomington, MN

  401. Brian Smart, Mr.
    Dyersburg, TN

  402. Rose Smith
    San Rafael, CA

  403. Chelsea Sokolow
    Asheville, NC

  404. Joan Sorenson
    St. Paul, MN

  405. Sheila Sparks
    Eagan, MN

  406. Terri Stark
    Minneapolis, MN

  407. Elena Stephens, Downwinder
    Tucker, GA

  408. Marion Stuenkel
    Madison, WI

  409. Lauren J Sullivan
    Santa Maria, CA

  410. Dot Sulock
    Asheville, NC

  411. Marilyn Sussman
    Minneapolis, MN

  412. Rose Tafoya
    Espanola, NM

  413. Barbara Taft
    Eden Prairie, MN

  414. Mousa Talavari, M.D.
    Tehran, MS

  415. Alice Tashjian
    Minneapolis, MN

  416. Catherine Thomasson
    Portland, OR

  417. Kim Tietje
    Sandy, UT

  418. Ken Tivey
    Saint Paul, MN

  419. Joshua Trost
    Wauconda, IL

  420. Jennifer Turner
    Charleston, SC

  421. Dona Van Bloemen
    Santa Monica, CA

  422. Shiney Varghese
    Minneapolis, MN

  423. Carol Vasaly
    Minneapolis, MN

  424. Gail Vaughn, BA
    Ferryville, WI

  425. David Vaughn
    Barre, VT

  426. Cynthia Vega
    New York, NY

  427. Bill Vigneri
    Omaha, NE

  428. Martha Vinick
    West Hartford, CT

  429. Elizabeth Vitale
    Hartford, CT

  430. Kay Warren
    Portland, OR

  431. Charles Weems
    Seattle, WA

  432. Danielle Welliever
    Olympia, WA

  433. Michelle Wenderlich
    Albany, NY

  434. Stephanie Wetzel
    Chicago, IL

  435. Joe Whetstone
    Bluffton, SC

  436. Joseph Whetstone, Sr.
    Las Vegas, NV

  437. Pat Williams
    Bloomington, MN

  438. Jacquelyn Wilson
    Escondido, CA

  439. Evelyn Witt
    Espanola, NM

  440. Lawrence Wittner
    Albany, NY

  441. Loretta Wrobel
    Ashford, CT

  442. Marlene Zaretsky
    Toronto, On

  443. Victoria Zolenski
    Tucson, AZ

  444. Jiemh Zuy
    Cary, NC

    466 signatures as of June 1, 2008


This letter is closed to additional sign-ons.

Also on this web site:

  • Bad to the Bone, full report [PDF, 375kB, 33 pages]
  • Newsletter summarizing the report (Science for Democratic Action vol. 13 no. 3, Sept. 2005) [PDF, 370kB, 12 pages]
  • Press Release
  • EPA-IEER correspondence re: Bad to the Bone report
  • NM Governor Bill Richardson's letter to EPA, November 2, 2005
  • Notice of Intent to File Suit for Safe Drinking Water Act Violations, Letter to the EPA, January 16, 2007


    Institute for Energy and Environmental Research
    Comments to ieer at ieer.org
    Takoma Park, Maryland, USA

    Posted August 3, 2005
    with additional links added afterwards
    Initial signatories clarified January 8, 2007
    Sign-ons ended June 1, 2008