I don’t think babies should be gulping down a rocket fuel ingredient — do you? But I just learned from Environmental Working Group that when you mix infant formula that contains perchlorate (a rocket fuel ingredient than can interfere with infant brain development) with water that’s also contaminated with perchlorate, you put rocket fuel on baby’s menu. We need the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which regulates the nation’s water quality, to set a permanent and stringent safe drinking water standard for perchlorate.
I just sent an email to newly-appointed EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson to make that a reality: Why now?
- New risk for babies A new report by scientists at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found perchlorate contamination in 15 brands of powdered infant formula.
- It is in our drinking water Perchlorate pollution has also been found in the drinking water of 28 states and territories. (Check out Environmental Working Group’s tap water quality database to see if yours is one)
- This is the moment. During her Senate confirmation hearing, EPA head Lisa Jackson promised to act “immediately” to reduce perchlorate contamination in drinking water to protect children and pregnant women. Please join me in calling on EPA Administrator Jackson to make good her pledge.
Send her an email today asking to keep perchlorate at safe levels in our drinking water.
Frightening to see this cropping up left and right, but excellent post to raise more awareness. Thanks!
Laurie
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