[CPEO-MEF] Perchlorate and genetic thyroid disorders

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Agency raises perchlorate concerns

REPORT: Federal health officials say the chemical could harm those with 
genetic thyroid disorders.

By DAVID DANELSKI
Riverside Press-Enterprise (CA)
July 24, 2005

The federal agency charged with tracking disease across the nation is 
raising new concerns about how a rocket-fuel chemical found in Inland 
water supplies could harm the most vulnerable people.

People with genetic disorders of the thyroid -- possibly tens of 
thousands of people nationwide -- could suffer deteriorating health as a 
result of drinking water or eating foods contaminated with perchlorate, 
according to an analysis by a division of the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.

The report's authors also raised concern about the 6.9 percent of 
pregnant women who may not get enough iodine in their diets and about 
the declining iodine intake among the general population.


For the entire news article, see
http://www.pe.com/breakingnews/local/stories/PE_News_Local_S_perch25.8c52682.html


For the original article, "Genetic Factors that Might Lead to Different 
Responses in Individuals Exposed to Perchlorate," go to
http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/docs/2005/8076/abstract.html
and click on the PDF link.

--
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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