2006 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: 26 Jan 2006 18:49:56 -0000
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] Perchlorate in the body
 
Testing detects wider reach
Perchlorate in food


By DAVID DANELSKI Riverside Press-Enterprise January 25, 2006



A rocket-fuel chemical that has contaminated Inland water supplies could be much more prevalent in food than previously believed, according to data gathered by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Agency scientists made the discovery unexpectedly, while evaluating a new method of testing for perchlorate in the human body.

The researchers asked CDC employees in Atlanta to donate urine samples in order to screen a technique that the agency is now using in a major health study of perchlorate in thousands of Americans. The chemical, in sufficient amounts, interferes with thyroid function that regulates metabolism and, in fetuses and babies, brain and nerve development.

The chemical is barely detectable in Atlanta's drinking water, but all 62 urine samples contained perchlorate in higher concentrations than those found in the water. One of the employees had more than 100 times the concentration in the city water. The researchers determined that the person's body contained a level slightly higher than the amount deemed safe by the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency. ...

For the entire article, see
http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_D_perch26.1824f176.html

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