Thyroid Deficiency From Rocket Fuel Chemical in Drinking Water

Thyroid Deficiency From Rocket Fuel Chemical in Drinking Water

Federal Study Confirms Perchlorate as Widespread Public Health Threat


News Release (10/04/06)
http://www.ewg.org/issues/perchlorate/20061004/release.php


EWG Analysis (10/04/06)
Thyroid Deficiency From Rocket Fuel Chemical
Federal Study Confirms Perchlorate as Widespread Public Health Threat
http://www.ewg.org/issues/perchlorate/20061004/index.php


CDC Study
Urinary Perchlorate and Thyroid Hormone Levels in Adolescent and Adult Men and
Women Living in the United States
National Center for Environmental Health, CDC
http://www.ewg.org/issues_content/perchlorate/20061004/pdf/CDC_study.pdf

PDF - CHPAC Letter to EPA

PDF - EPA Response to CHPAC

RELATED REPORTS

Rocket Fuel Contamination in California Milk

Suspect Salads

Rocket Fuel in Lettuce

Rocket Science

Rocket Fuel in Drinking Water

Human Testing of Perchlorate is Unethical

Perchlorate is a common contaminant of the food supply

Test results from 1090 food and beverage samples.

Type of food tested	Number of samples tested	Average perchlorate level (µg/L or µg/kg)	Maximum perchlorate level (µg/L or µg/kg)	Percent of samples with detectable perchlorate*	Sample origin
Fruit	40	29.9	464	100%	US + 20 other countries
Vegetables (other than lettuce)	81	28.8	628	41%	7 US states + Canada
Lettuce	526	14.6	370	47%	10 US states + Canada
Wine	77	5.0	50.3	100%	US + 20 other countries
Milk	222	4.3	11.3	98%	22 US states
Beer	144	1.0	21.1	100%	US + 47 other countries
*Note: The detection limits of different studies vary widely; for this reason, the percentages listed here may not reflect the actual frequency of perchlorate contamination in different foods. Lettuce and vegetable percentages are estimates due to incomplete data availability.

References: [CDFA 2004, Danelski and Beeman 2003, El Aribi et al. 2006, EWG 2003, EWG 2004, FDA 2004, Kirk et al. 2003, Kirk et al. 2005, Sanchez et al. 2005]