Posted on 04/01/2022 7:46:08 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
The U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on March 31 announced that it will not regulate the chemical called perchlorate in drinking water.
Perchlorate is widely used in rocket fuel and munitions, fertilizers, and is also a component of fireworks and airbag initiators for vehicles, among other things.
While it can occur naturally, high concentrations have been found in at least 26 states, typically near military bases and defense contractors in the U.S. West, particularly around Las Vegas and in Southern California.
Human exposure to high levels of the chemical has been linked to a deficiency of iodide in the thyroid and fetal brain damage. A 2014 study shows that babies born to mothers with high levels of perchlorate during their first trimester are more likely to have lower IQs later in life.
The Trump administration in 2020 decided not to regulate perchlorate after determining that it did not appear in drinking water “with a frequency and at levels of public health concern” and that regulating would not present a “meaningful opportunity for health risk reduction for persons served by public water systems.”
When he first took office, President Joe Biden announced that his administration was launching a review of the Trump-era decision not to regulate perchlorate.
But EPA said on Thursday that it had concluded that the “2020 decision is supported by the best available peer-reviewed science” and thus would not be pursuing drinking water regulation at this time.
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TPTB love anything that dumbs down the masses.
Fluoride is a neurotoxin and it’s ADDED to our drinking water.
The hypocritical rats will go after this, but ignore the millions butchered in abortions each year that they so vigorously support!
Must be a chemical associated with clean energy.
With modern analytical instruments, measurements can be made into the parts per quadrillion range.
Are any explosions on CNN, MSNBC, The View about this?
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