Posts Tagged ‘perchlorate’
EPA’s Failure to Regulate Our Drinking Water
The EPA and it’s failures are in the news again. The contaminate that is being targeted is perchlorate, a chemical that harms the thyroid – critical for normal growth and development – and that contaminates drinking water systems serving over 17 million people in the U.S. The EPA determined back in 2011 that perchlorate meets…
Read MoreToxic Paper We Are Exposed to Everyday
Toxic paper is a danger we are exposed to everyday. A new report published this week shows the regulatory gaps in how the US manages chemicals in our food. The main chemical studied was perchlorate, a well-known endocrine disruptor. Now, it is known that this chemical has the ability to affect thyroid fucntion and can adversely impact…
Read MoreEPA and It’s Chemical Cleanup Problems
The EPA is working to improve their response to cleaning up dangerous chemicals in our soil and water. One chemical they are focusing on is PFOA, a industrial chemical that has contaminated many private wells in Vermont, as well as several areas across the country. It is just one of the perfluorinated compounds that has…
Read MoreHow Perchlorate Is Harming Our Children
Perchlorate is harming our children. According to Tom Neltner,J.D. a new FDA report showing that perchlorate exposure to infants and toddlers increased 34% and 23% respectively between the years around 2005 and 2010. Most of us are not even aware of this danger to our children. I know I wasn’t. According to Wikipedia, most perchlorates…
Read MoreThe EPA and FDA’s Chance to Protect Our Children’s Brains
The EPA and FDA have a chance to step up and do what is right to protect our children from brain damage. This change would also have a positive effect on adults. Here what they are debating: if they should limit our exposure to perchlorate even though they have evidence it is damaging to our…
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