There is very little that is guaranteed in this world, but one bed rock principle you can bank on is that babies love rocket fuel as surely as they love onions.
Traces of a chemical used in rocket fuel were found in samples of powdered baby formula, and could exceed what’s considered a safe dose for adults if mixed with water also contaminated with the ingredient, a government study has found.
The study by scientists at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention looked for the chemical, perchlorate, in different brands of powdered baby formula. It was published last month, but the Environmental Working Group issued a press release Thursday drawing attention to it.
The chemical has turned up in several cities’ drinking water supplies. It can occur naturally, but most perchlorate contamination has been tied to defense and aerospace sites.
From one addict to another…
You spend way too much time reading!
This is true.
But, Doug…can we fuel our automobiles on powdered baby formula?
I mean THAT is the real question here.
Imagine a PBF-powereed automobile…it boggles the mind.
Move over, Doc Brown!
I smell a HUGE grant with some serious $$$ in there somewhere…and I’d wager Al Gore would get behind it ASAP!
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This rings a bell. I think a couple of years ago I was hearing about rocket fuel chemicals in human breastmilk. I think this is one of those chemicals that we’ll discover is everywhere.
So, no smoking when you’re changing the wee ones…as if we needed another reason to quit!
Not as funny as some of you think. If I am not mistaken this chemical was (not sure if it still is) used by dry cleaners.
I worked for a dry cleaner for a short time in the early 90s, and the fumes were so bad I got sick-feeling often. So I looked up the chemical. It causes cancer. Of course the dry cleaner I worked for dumped buckets of the occasional overflow into the field near the plant. On the other side of the grassy field were homes with young families. Also it would have soaked into the ground water and sewer system and into the river from whence our drinking water came.
So I totally believe your article and take it seriously, but it must be incomplete if it didn’t mention dry-cleaning.