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[Accountability Central] THE NATION; EPA May Decide Not To Limit Toxin; Perchlorate Has ...: Boxer reacted angrily, saying the EPA is leaving Congress with little choice but to act on its own. She has introduced two bills that would order the testing of water supplies for perchlorate and require the EPA to set a standard within one year, based on scientific evidence showing what levels can cause harm to fetuses.
[WHAT IS GOING ON?] Rocket Fuel Component In Your Drinking Water?: The agency, which has been waiting for the results from the FDA study to help it decide whether to set a national drinking-water standard for perchlorate, intends to issue a preliminary determination on whether to regulate the substance soon, according to Benjamin Grumbles, assistant administrator of EPA’s Office of Water. EPA has been investigating the contaminant for almost a decade.
[Medical,Health News and Articles] Environmental Toxin Collects in Breast Milk: In laboratory and rat research, Carrasco’s team found that perchlorate limited the amount of iodide transported to a mother’s mammary glands. The only source of iodide a baby typically has is mother’s milk, she explained.
[RFK Action Front] Let them drink rocket fuel: Perchlorate is so toxic that just a few parts per billion has been shown to have an adverse effect on human health. So, of course, the corporate lobbyists who were appointed by Bush to run the Environmental Protection Agency have announced that they have decided they WILL NOT limit the allowable amount of perchlorate in our drinking water.
[Alobar Greywalker: Magickal Record (aka Frater PVN, Bill Siebert)] Perchlorate Danger: "Researchers compared thyroid function in newborns that live in an area (Yuma, Arizona) with perchlorate-contaminated drinking water supplied from the lower Colorado River versus newborns from an area (Flagstaff, Arizona) with non-contaminated drinking water. Rocket and missile facilities were thought to be the source of perchlorate that contaminated the water.
[Phawker] JUNK SCIENCE: Battlefield Earth: Perchlorate affects the thyroid gland by blocking iodide uptake, causing thyroid problems in women and birth defects and lower IQs in children. Perchlorate has been found in the drinking water of 22 states, in 93 percent of lettuce and .
[The Dirty Hippie Lesbian Commune] Regulations and how they are Formed: If health assessors at a site find perchlorate exceeds the MRL, further evaluations are conducted to find pathways into the environment, human uptake, the site's demographics and make other considerations, De Rosa said. From these, ATSDR can place the site in one of four general categories, determining that it either poses an urgent health hazard, a health hazard, no health hazard or that it needs further site characterization.
[Exprezyourself Blog] & The Hits Keep Coming”¦..: influence to EPA standard on perchlorate, a substance that interferes with iodide uptake by the thyroid gland. (Not enough iodine leads to goiter.) It’s also been shown to impair fetal brain function.
[diet] How to Get Rid of Cellulite Fast: Natural Ways to Firm Your Body: Currently there are no enforceable perchlorate safety standards, but Environmental Working Group (EWG) argues that a national safety standard should be no higher than one-tenth the EPA?s currently recommended level.
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