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Too Much Rocket Fuel in Boston Breast Milk

Bostonist.com
Published June 7, 2007

perchlorate.jpgOn the rare occasion in middle school we witness a classmate light his own farts on fire. Mostly lighter-singed underwear was the result. BU and the CDC have released a study that lactating moms might have the ability to light their breast milk on fire, or more precisely, blow it up. High levels of perchlorate have been found to be delivered by 49 Boston area moms in unsafe doses to babies. The Environmental Working Group released their executive summary of the study warning that perchlorate, the explosive agent in rocket fuel, is a public health risk. Infants can't process it as well as humans
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