News Coverage
Too Much Perchlorate in Milk, Report Says
Published June 21, 2004
EXCERPT
Milk sold in Southern California supermarkets contains a toxic ingredient of rocket fuel that exposes many children to amounts exceeding a federal health recommendation, according to a report by an environmental organization released Monday.
Out of 33 samples of well-known brands of milk purchased in Los Angeles and Orange counties, the Environmental Working Group found the chemical perchlorate in all but one. Children from 1 to 5 years old who drink between one and two cups of milk a day are getting daily amounts higher than the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recommends.
"Our findings are not a call for California mothers to stop drinking milk or stop giving it to their children," said Bill Walker, vice president of Environmental Working Group. "They do show that the state must set a drinking water standard that fully protects public health. Mothers should not be forced to wonder if milk is affecting their child's growth and development."
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