[CPEO-MEF] Reactions to Prop 65 perchlorate decision (CA)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

HEALTH: Research hasn't proved the chemical causes birth defects, 
officials say.

By DAVID DANELSKI
Riverside Press-Enterprise (CA)
August 12, 2005


A California health panel decided Thursday not to add the rocket-fuel 
chemical perchlorate to a list of substances that cause reproductive harm.

A listing could have prompted public warnings about milk, lettuce and 
other produce containing the chemical.

The panel concluded that scientific research hasn't clearly shown that 
the chemical causes birth defects or other serious harm to fetuses.

Under Prop. 65, the state's toxic-warning law, the public must be told 
about the presence of "reproductive toxicants" in foods, said Allen 
Hirsch, a state Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment spokesman.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.pe.com/digitalextra/environment/perchlorate/vt_stories/PE_News_Local_D_perch12.1dba0017.html


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