[CPEO-MEF] Perchlorate - low levels in Utah milk

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Investigative Report: Contaminant Found in Utah Milk


Debbie Dujanovic Reporting
KSL-TV 5 (Salt Lake City, UT)
November 3, 2005

Tonight, a secret uncovered about something in the milk you and your 
family drink. It isn't clear is whether it is a serious public health 
threat or not, but what is clear is nearly all experts agree more 
testing is needed. What is also clear, the State of Utah did test, but 
never told anybody, so we did our own tests.

We are not going to suggest you stop drinking milk. We are going to show 
you what's in the samples we had tested. It is controversial --experts 
disagree on how much is too much-- but we found something you should 
know about.

...

Perchlorate in every carton of milk we bought, measured in parts per 
billion. The range: almost 10 for whole milk from West Valley to just 
over one in chocolate milk we purchased in Provo. The overall average is 
almost 5-parts per billion.

...

For the entire story, see
http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=125223

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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