A new message from the EWG warns that, in California, when you mix infant formula contaminated with 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. Twice.
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.
The CDC team warned that mixing perchlorate-tainted formula powder with tap water containing “even minimal amounts” of the chemical could boost the resulting mixture’s toxin content above the “safe” level set by the EPA. Click here to read EWG’s analysis.
Perchlorate pollution has also been found in the drinking water of 28 states and territories – and areas of California are contaminated.
If you want to take action on this issue, you can call on California state officials to protect our most vulnerable populations from exposure to rocket fuel chemicals. Click here to send an email today, and ask them to keep perchlorate at safe levels in our drinking water.
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