The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plans to publish by February new nationwide standards limiting the amount of the rocket chemical perchlorate allowed in U.S. drinking water. As part of ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday said it would propose a drinking water limit for perchlorate, a harmful chemical in rockets and other explosives, but also said doing so ...

The agency said it conducted a review and concluded that the 2020 decision to not issue a drinking water rule for perchlorate — an ingredient of rocket fuel and fireworks tied to brain damage in ...

In 1985, some of the first large-scale perchlorate contamination was identified in wells near California Superfund sites (areas the EPA considers highly contaminated and a priority for cleanup), ...

A new study led by NOAA Research has confirmed that a substantial amount of groundwater contamination caused by perchlorates, a class of toxic chlorine-based chemicals, originates in a surprising ...

There has been considerable discussion about the possible adverse effects of environmental perchlorate exposure. [9,10] On the basis of several studies, Cooper [1] estimated that chronic perchlorate ...