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Explosives chemical found in US baby formula (perchlorate, used in fireworks,rocket fuel,flares)
AFP on Yahoo ^ | 4/3/09 | AFP

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: babyformula; chemical; explosives; foodsupply; perchlorate; taintedfood
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To: jacquej

“I don’t think this is funny.

Our babies deserve better.”

Did you know that perchlorates exist in nature?


21 posted on 04/03/2009 7:36:02 PM PDT by DBrow
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To: grey_whiskers

“at how many ppb?”

Or ppt, with the ion chromatographs we have now.


22 posted on 04/03/2009 7:37:05 PM PDT by DBrow
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To: DBrow

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.


23 posted on 04/03/2009 7:37:55 PM PDT by Sherman Logan (Everyone has a right to his own opinion, but not to his own facts.)
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To: Sherman Logan

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!


24 posted on 04/03/2009 7:41:10 PM PDT by DBrow
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To: DBrow
Yeah, but this is a lobbying group.

You think they're gonna spring for the good stuff rather than more marketing materials?

Cheers!

25 posted on 04/03/2009 7:41:16 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: DBrow

Up there with CO32 as a pollutant. Not to mention the (literally!)deadly dihydrogen monoxide.


26 posted on 04/03/2009 7:42:41 PM PDT by Sherman Logan (Everyone has a right to his own opinion, but not to his own facts.)
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To: grey_whiskers

lol probably all got laid off after Alar got banned and this is the only gig they could get.


27 posted on 04/03/2009 7:42:52 PM PDT by DBrow
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To: DBrow

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.


28 posted on 04/03/2009 7:43:14 PM PDT by jacquej
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To: Veto!

No, the Oaf in Chief could never do anything sensible with efficiency.


29 posted on 04/03/2009 7:43:37 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Beat a better path, and the world will build a mousetrap at your door.)
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To: NormsRevenge

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.


30 posted on 04/03/2009 7:43:57 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (May God save America from its government; this is no time for Obamateurs. Emmanuel = Haldeman?)
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To: Sherman Logan

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.


31 posted on 04/03/2009 7:44:46 PM PDT by DBrow
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To: DBrow; All

Found this, but still think we need more info..

http://sev.prnewswire.com/health-care-hospitals/20090403/CL9455903042009-1.html


32 posted on 04/03/2009 7:45:26 PM PDT by jacquej
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To: CaptRon
Hell, my neighbors' twins blew up yesterday.

They blow'd up good, they blow'd up real good!


33 posted on 04/03/2009 7:45:34 PM PDT by PugetSoundSoldier (Indignation over the sting of truth is the defense of the indefensible)
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To: NonValueAdded

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.


34 posted on 04/03/2009 7:47:02 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed.)
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To: DBrow

Good one?

Did you know that on 15 April 1912 dihydrogen monoxide killed 1,517 people?


35 posted on 04/03/2009 7:47:16 PM PDT by Sherman Logan (Everyone has a right to his own opinion, but not to his own facts.)
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To: grey_whiskers

not sure on levels, I’ll see if I can dig up some data..


36 posted on 04/03/2009 7:49:33 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed.)
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To: jacquej

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.


37 posted on 04/03/2009 7:51:04 PM PDT by DBrow
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To: Sherman Logan

And I bet nothing was done to solve the root cause. The cover up continues!


38 posted on 04/03/2009 7:53:05 PM PDT by DBrow
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To: jacquej

Good link, thanks jacquej!


39 posted on 04/03/2009 7:53:44 PM PDT by DBrow
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To: Cicero

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 ..


40 posted on 04/03/2009 7:53:53 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed.)
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