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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, ...

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 (AP) — 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 ...

A key ingredient in rocket fuel and fireworks was found in fast food and grocery products, most concerningly baby food and fresh fruits and vegetables. Shutterstock A key ingredient in rocket fuel can ...

Using the same mechanism that resulted in the banning of cyclamates in 1970, a group of public health watchdog organizations is challenging the FDA’s decision not to ban perchlorate in food packaging.

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 ...

Milk sold in Southern California supermarkets contains a toxic ingredient of rocket fuel that exposes many children to amounts exceeding a federal health recommendation, according to a report by an ...

Besides its potential to cause endocrine system and reproductive problems, perchlorate is considered a “likely human carcinogen” by the EPA Perchlorate is both a naturally occurring and man-made ...