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A component of rocket fuel that has been linked to serious health issues shouldn’t be in your drinking water or food. Yet new tests by Consumer Reports have found that the chemical perchlorate—which ...

Note: in the print edition of this issue, this article appears as a sidebar to another news article, “Cold War toxin seeps into Western water.” Ammonium perchlorate shows up in hundreds of military ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new report shows that a chemical found in fireworks and rocket fuel, is also finding its way into our food. A key ingredient in ...

Perchlorate, a chemical used in rocket fuel, was found in 67% of food samples tested by Consumer Reports. Baby foods, fast food, and fresh produce had the highest levels, though none exceeded the ...