Rocket fuel found in milk in California

[Kadie]

Rocket fuel found in milk in California
Not clear if amount imperils children

Glen Martin, Chronicle Environment Writer
Tuesday, June 22, 2004

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A toxic chemical in rocket fuel has been detected in California's milk supply, although environmentalists and toxicologists disagree over whether the levels are high enough to pose a health threat to infants and young children.

Tests by the California Department of Food and Agriculture found perchlorate, a rocket fuel component widely used by the defense industry, in 32 samples of milk taken from Alameda, San Joaquin and Sacramento counties, according to a report released today by an environmental watchdog group.

The Environmental Working Group also analyzed 32 samples of milk from stores in Los Angeles and Orange counties and found that 31 of the samples contained minute amounts of perchlorate.


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[mstrsplinter326]

1. so great...

"although environmentalists and toxicologists disagree over whether the levels are high enough to pose a health threat to infants and young children"

Really? Shouldn't ANY LEVEL OF ROCKET FUEL BE TOO MUCH?? Christ, I grow tired of the lies...

[skooooo]

2. Just a little extra boost for the kids...

[mstrsplinter326]

3. hilarious, yet sad n/t

[Sinistrous]

4. A few facts regarding perchlorate:

http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/clo4qa.html

Perchlorate is both a naturally occurring and manmade chemical. Naturally occurring perchlorate, for example, is found in nitrate fertilizer deposits from Chile. Most of the perchlorate manufactured in the United States is used as the primary ingredient of solid rocket propellant. Perchlorate is also used in a wide variety of industrial processes, including, but not limited to, tanning and leather finishing, rubber manufacture, paint and enamel production and additives in lubricating oils. Perchlorate is also used in pyrotechnics, such as fireworks, gun powder, explosives, and highway flares. Wastes from the manufacture and improper disposal of perchlorate-containing chemicals are increasingly being discovered in soil, groundwater, drinking water, and irrigation water around the country.

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I think our friends at sfgate were chumming the waters when they used the "rocket fuel" reference in their headline.

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5. I hear the Commies are plotting to fluoridate it too