They blow'd up good, they blow'd up real good!
Posted on 04/03/2009 7:24:53 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
WASHINGTON (AFP) – A chemical used in explosives, fireworks and rocket fuel has been found in powdered baby formula in the United States, the non-profit Environmental Working Group (EWG) said.
In "little-noticed findings," researchers at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that 15 brands of baby formula contained perchlorate, an oxidizer in solid fuels used in explosives, fireworks, road flares and rocket motors, the EWG said.
"Studies have established that the chemical is a potent thyroid toxin that may interfere with fetal and infant brain development," it said.
The EWG said the CDC study's findings raised "new concerns about perchlorate pollution, a legacy of Cold War rocket and missile tests."
The CDC study, which was conducted in 2006 and published last month in the Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology, said perchlorate could inhibit the absorption of iodine by the thyroid and lead to growth and developmental problems in infants.
For the study, researchers tested samples of baby formula which they had picked up in a local shop.
The two most tainted brands, both cow's milk-based formulas with lactose, had a nearly 90-percent share of the US powdered baby milk market in 2000, the report found.
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“I don’t think this is funny.
Our babies deserve better.”
Did you know that perchlorates exist in nature?
“at how many ppb?”
Or ppt, with the ion chromatographs we have now.
Not to mention that the health effects are VERY easily treatable and apparently fully reversible.
Pretty much a non-issue if someone is given medical care when they get sick.
Use iodized salt. That fixes the problem.
People have been getting upset about perchlorates ever since the Greens started trying to eliminate 4th of July fireworks. They searched for health effects until they found a minor inhibition of iodine uptake.
Then, once people started researching it, they found perchlorates at very low levels in lots of places- it occurs naturally!
You think they're gonna spring for the good stuff rather than more marketing materials?
Cheers!
Up there with CO32 as a pollutant. Not to mention the (literally!)deadly dihydrogen monoxide.
lol probably all got laid off after Alar got banned and this is the only gig they could get.
Doesn’t everything exist in nature? Otherwise, where would the stuff have come from.
The important info is what were the levels in the formulas, and what level is tolerable for human infants.
No, the Oaf in Chief could never do anything sensible with efficiency.
The author completely ignores the fact that moms mix the power with dihydrogen monoxide, a chemical that has killed countless human beings since the dawn of man.
I read recently that dihidrogen monoxide has a pH that actually is higher than concentrated sulfuric acid, yet there are no restrictions on bringing it into a nursery full of kids.
Found this, but still think we need more info..
http://sev.prnewswire.com/health-care-hospitals/20090403/CL9455903042009-1.html
They blow'd up good, they blow'd up real good!
and then they put it in a plastic bottle made with biphenol A to boot. the deck is stacked from the gitgo..
I was breast fed. whew.
Good one?
Did you know that on 15 April 1912 dihydrogen monoxide killed 1,517 people?
not sure on levels, I’ll see if I can dig up some data..
No, not everything exists in nature. DDT, for instance, is only man-made. Methoxychlor, too. Plutonium, technetium, latex paint are not found in nature.
But if something is found in environmental samples naturally, then it probably means that we have adapted to it, it’s not too poisonous.
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn7057-perchlorate-found-in-breast-milk-across-us.html
So if we start a program to remove perchlorate from human breast milk to keep our kids safe, how much would it cost and who would do it and what penalties would you assign to a mom who fed her baby contaminated breast milk? Then we move on to cow’s milk and Ben and Jerry’s.
And I bet nothing was done to solve the root cause. The cover up continues!
Good link, thanks jacquej!
Here in the South Bay, a couple rocket testing sites have been used for years, perc had spread thru the local aquifers, a series of wells have been installed to try and retard the plumes underground, I haven’t followed the progress much of late so I am not sure how they are doing, but ..
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