dairy country response to perchlorate disclosures

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

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Cause for Concern

By Darla Welles
The Porterville Recorder (CA)
July 19, 2004

Since late June, dairy industry and health officials have been looking 
into reports that the state's milk supply is tainted with perchlorate - 
a substance used in rocket fuels, explosives, lubricating oils and a 
variety of manufacturing processes including leather tanning, 
electroplating, aluminum finishing and making rubber.

…

Moreover, as pointed out by Rachel Kalder, a spokeswoman for the Dairy 
Institute of California, which represents milk processors and dairy 
product manufacturers, they can be found in the absence of any man-made 
sources.

"Perchlorates are naturally occurring salts," Kalder said. "They are 
ubiquitous, and they tend to be found in the water supply everywhere 
across the country. We do not know for sure yet at what level their 
presence in the water or milk they become a risk."

…

While both health officials and dairy industry groups favor taking all 
possible steps necessary to reduce perchlorate levels in the water 
supply - and consequently cutting perchlorate levels in the crops grown 
to feed dairy cattle - they are advising consumers to take a 
wait-and-see approach to the reports about perchlorate levels in milk, 
rather than panicking and dropping milk and dairy products from their 
diets.

…

for the entire article, see
http://myopr.com/articles/2004/07/19/special/features/01dairy.txt

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
http://www.cpeo.org

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