Perchlorate, a chemical used in rocket fuel, plastic and other substances, has been found in common grocery store and fast foods—with the highest levels in baby and kid foods—and previous research has ...

Perchlorate (CLO4−) is a non-volatile anion with a molecular weight of 99.45. It consists of one chlorine atom surrounded by four oxygen atoms. Consumer Reports is out with tests confirming that the ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. EPA will propose drinking water limits for perchlorate, a rocket chemical, only after a federal court forced the ...

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The Environmental Protection Agency has decided not to limit perchlorate, a chemical that has long been detected in the drinking water of many Americans and linked to potential brain damage in fetuses ...

Vanderbilt researchers have discovered that perchlorate, an environmental pollutant found in many sources of drinking water in the U.S., inhibits the uptake of iodide, an essential component of ...

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 ...

Perchlorate is a chemical that’s used in things like rocket fuel, explosives, road flares, and fireworks. Small amounts of it can also form naturally in dry states in the Southwest. It has no color or ...

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 ...

CONGRESS IS POISED to intervene in a long-standing struggle over perchlorate pollution that has pitted the Environmental Protection Agency against the Pentagon and the National Aeronautics & Space ...

WASHINGTON – The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday said it would propose a drinking water limit for perchlorate, a harmful chemical in rockets and other explosives, but also said doing so ...