2004 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: 19 Jul 2004 21:07:00 -0000
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: dairy country response to perchlorate disclosures
 
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Cause for Concern

By Darla Welles
The Porterville Recorder (CA)
July 19, 2004

Since late June, dairy industry and health officials have been looking into reports that the state's milk supply is tainted with perchlorate - a substance used in rocket fuels, explosives, lubricating oils and a variety of manufacturing processes including leather tanning, electroplating, aluminum finishing and making rubber.



Moreover, as pointed out by Rachel Kalder, a spokeswoman for the Dairy Institute of California, which represents milk processors and dairy product manufacturers, they can be found in the absence of any man-made sources.

"Perchlorates are naturally occurring salts," Kalder said. "They are ubiquitous, and they tend to be found in the water supply everywhere across the country. We do not know for sure yet at what level their presence in the water or milk they become a risk."



While both health officials and dairy industry groups favor taking all possible steps necessary to reduce perchlorate levels in the water supply - and consequently cutting perchlorate levels in the crops grown to feed dairy cattle - they are advising consumers to take a wait-and-see approach to the reports about perchlorate levels in milk, rather than panicking and dropping milk and dairy products from their diets.



for the entire article, see
http://myopr.com/articles/2004/07/19/special/features/01dairy.txt

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