Perchlorate

Green News Report: April 5, 2011 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 06.05.2011

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Breaking:...

The EPA -- Judge Them by Their Enemies

John DeCock | Posted 05.25.2011

John DeCock

The EPA may be the most effective agency in the Obama administration and they are delivering on their legal mandate to protect the environment and human health.

Green News Report: February 3, 2011 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Midwest d...

EPA Will Finally Regulate Rocket Fuel In Drinking Water

Jennifer Sass | Posted 05.25.2011

Jennifer Sass

Perchlorate is such a big health concern because it blocks normal thyroid hormone production.

EPA To Regulate Rocket Fuel Chemical In Drinking Water

AP | DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency is setting the first federal drinking water standard for a toxic rocket fuel ingredient linked ...

Green News Report: November 23, 2010 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: 29 coal m...

Gina Solomon › Endocrine Disruptors in Drinking Water Gina Solomon's Blog Endocrine Disruptors in Drinking Water

Gina Solomon | Posted 05.25.2011

Gina Solomon

Some years ago, I was invited to speak at the Riverside County Medical Association in Southern California. A contaminant called perchlorate had been d...

What's in your water?

Elaine Shannon | Posted 05.25.2011

Elaine Shannon

One of the season's big environmental stories has been tainted tap water. The subject has recently been paid much attention by lawmakers on Capitol Hill as well as by various media outlets.

Will Obama Crack Down on Rocket Fuel in Drinking Water?

Elaine Shannon | Posted 05.25.2011

Elaine Shannon

Rocket fuel pollution in water and soil are bigger problems than you might think. In recent years, EPA has detected perchlorates in public water systems in 28 states and territories.

Rocket Fuel & Perchlorates: The Antidote

Barbara Dehn | Posted 11.17.2011

Barbara Dehn

Perchlorate, aka Rocket Fuel, is a component of fireworks, munitions and yes, rocket fuel. It can also be found in drinking water, milk, lettuce, and human breast milk.

Extreme Infants! Rocket Fuel In Baby Formula! (VIDEO)

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 05.25.2011

Matthew Filipowicz

If rocket fuel in baby food isn't enough to push through meaningful environmental legislation, what on earth is?

Sen. Boxer To Ask Tough Questions At EPA Designee's Hearing

ProPublica | Joaquin Sapien | Posted 05.25.2011

From ProPublica: In the latest volley of a years-long battle involving the Environmental Protection Agency, the military and the White House, the EPA...

Cool, Clear Perchlorate

Carl Pope | Posted 05.25.2011

Carl Pope

For years, the Department of Defense has used every bureaucratic trick in its playbook to keep the EPA from regulating a highly toxic water pollutant that results from the manufacture of rocket fuel.