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Sending Your Baby to the Moon: Baby food poisoned with rocket fuel


posted by on April 14, 2009
Filed under: Environment | 762 views

babyinpoolwithmotherNew Study Finds Infant Formula Contaminated With Rocket Fuel Chemical…Organic Consumers Association:

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has found that 15 brands of infant formula are contaminated with perchlorate, an environmental toxin found in rocket and missile propellants. Two of the brands account for 87% of milk-based infant formula sales in the U.S. Perchlorate is a potent thyroid toxin that may interfere with fetal and infant brain development. The study found that reconstituting the formula with water that has levels as low as 4ppb of perchlorate would cause 54% of infants to exceed “safe” dosage levels of the toxin.

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