Re: White House Delays Release of Study Showing Toxic Rocket Fuel In Most Americans

Alan wrote:

WASHINGTON, March 3 — Following a published report that the Bush Administration is holding up a study that shows most Americans carry a toxic rocket fuel chemical in their bodies at levels close to federal safety limits, Environmental Working Group (EWG) is calling for the immediate release of the study so EPA and state agencies can take steps to protect the public.


Perchlorate, the explosive ingredient in solid rocket fuel, has contaminated drinking water and soil in at least 35 states, with most of the known contamination coming from military bases and defense contractors. Tests by EWG, academic scientists in Texas and Arizona, state officials in California and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration have found perchlorate in milk, produce and many other foods and animal feed crops from coast to coast. Perchlorate is a thyroid toxin, and animal tests show that even small amounts can disrupt normal growth and development in fetuses, infants and children.

Um, a form of perchlorate is also used as dry cleaning fluid, and was the solvent in the form of typewriter White-out called Sno-Pake, (which I used 5 days a week from 1978 to 1986). Much of the groundwater contamination has nothing to do with the military.
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