Will Obama Crack Down on Rocket Fuel in Drinking Water?
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 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.
Barbara Dehn | Posted 05.08.2009 | Living
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.
Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 05.06.2009 | Green
If rocket fuel in baby food isn't enough to push through meaningful environmental legislation, what on earth is?
ProPublica | Joaquin Sapien | Posted 02.13.2009 | Green
From ProPublica: In the latest volley of a years-long battle involving the Environmental Protection Agency, the military and the White House, the EPA...
Carl Pope | Posted 10.24.2008 | Green
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.
Elaine Shannon | Posted 09.06.2009 | Green