[CPEO-MEF] PERCHLORATE: "Why Rocket Fuel Has Been Contaminating Our Food and Water for Years"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Why Rocket Fuel Has Been Contaminating Our Food and Water for Years
CR's tests confirm that the chemical perchlorate is widespread in our food. Regulators have known of the risks for decades but continue to drag their feet.

By Kevin Loria
Consumer Reports
August 7, 2024

A component of rocket fuel that has been linked to serious health issues shouldn’t be in your drinking water or food. Yet new tests by Consumer Reports have found that the chemical perchlorate—which is used in rocket fuel, missiles, explosives, airbags, and certain types of plastic—is in a wide variety of fast foods and grocery items. The highest perchlorate levels we found were in foods popular with babies and kids. 

Our new findings come decades after perchlorate was first identified as a contaminant in water and food. Yet the problem remains largely neglected by the federal regulators tasked with keeping our food and water supply safe.

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For years, environmental health scientists and advocates have implored regulators to set stricter limits on perchlorate in water and food. So far, action has been limited and hamstrung by multiple setbacks.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.consumerreports.org/health/food-contaminants/why-perchlorate-has-contaminated-food-and-water-for-years-a1065715826/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)

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