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Rocket Fuel in Cows' Milk - Perchlorate: Credits


Principal author: Renee Sharp

Editor: Bill Walker

Design and graphics: T.C. Greenleaf

Photo: Water Resources Archives, UC Berkeley

Thanks to Physicians for Social Responsibility, Los Angeles, for sample collection; the Institute for Environmental and Human Health, Texas Tech University, for laboratory analysis; and Richard Wiles of EWG for editorial contributions.

This project was made possible by the support of the Sacramento Natural Foods Coop and other members of the National Cooperative Grocers Association, and the California Wellness Foundation. The author and editors are soley responsible for the report and any errors.