[CPEO-MEF] PERCHLORATE: Study of pregnant Europeans

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Perchlorate not tied to pregnancy thyroid problems

Amy Norton, Reuters
National Post
May 13, 2010

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Everyday exposure to perchlorate, an 
industrial chemical found in drinking water and a range of foods, may 
not impair thyroid function in pregnant women, a new study suggests.

"Our data are reassuring," lead researcher Dr. Elizabeth N. Pearce, of 
Boston University School of Medicine, told Reuters Health in an email. 
"Although low-level perchlorate exposure was ubiquitous in the pregnant 
women we studied, perchlorate exposure was not associated with 
alterations in their thyroid function."

...

A 2006 study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
(CDC) found that among women with moderately low iodine levels, those 
with relatively higher concentrations of perchlorate in their urine had 
lower thyroid hormone levels.

But in the new study, researchers found no relationship between urine 
perchlorate levels and thyroid function among more than 1,600 pregnant 
women who were typically iodine-deficient.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.nationalpost.com/life/health/story.html?id=5eda4820-5b39-4801-9bbc-4de0dc62b8fc

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