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Perchlorate is a chemical that’s used in things like rocket fuel, explosives, road flares, and fireworks. Small amounts of it can also form naturally in dry states in the Southwest. It has no color or ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — It’s hardly a household name, but Perchlorate is a chemical that helps rockets reach for the stars. It's also known to enter our food system through contaminated water used in crop ...

A chemical used in rocket fuel and fireworks is also found in an array of food products, particularly those popular with babies and children, according to findings released Wednesday by Consumer ...

WASHINGTON – The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday said it would propose a drinking water limit for perchlorate, a harmful chemical in rockets and other explosives, but also said doing so ...

Ducharme is a contributor to TIME. Two pregnant women. Ducharme is a contributor to TIME. Exposure to a chemical called perchlorate may be unsafe for pregnant women and their unborn children, ...

A component of rocket fuel that has been linked to serious health issues shouldn’t be in your drinking water or food. Yet new tests by Consumer Reports have found that the chemical perchlorate—which ...

Perchlorate, a toxic chemical in rocket fuel, is contaminating breast and cow's milk across the United States at levels that could harm human health. This situation may be mirrored elsewhere in the ...

CONGRESS IS POISED to intervene in a long-standing struggle over perchlorate pollution that has pitted the Environmental Protection Agency against the Pentagon and the National Aeronautics & Space ...