EPA’s Proposal for Limiting Rocket Fuel in Drinking Water Is Dangerous to Public Health
By Natural Resources Defense Council After a decade of delay, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finally proposed a limit for levels of the toxic chemical perchlorate (a component of rocket fuel) in drinking water—except the newly proposed standard of 56 parts per billion is 10 to 50 times higher than what scientists recommend. “This is enough to […]