Learn more about perchlorate by exploring the following releases from the Perchlorate Information Bureau.
Perchlorate is NOT Perchloroethylene
An important distinction to make is the difference between tetrachloroethylene, also known as perchloroethylene (PERC), and perchlorate. PERC is the solvent used by about 70% of dry cleaners in the United States, but is also used as a metal degreaser and in the...
Statement: Circuit Court Remands Perchlorate Determination Back to EPA
In a split decision on May 9, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ordered the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate the chemical perchlorate.1 EPA determined in 2011 that perchlorate should be regulated, but under the...
EPA Perchlorate Decision Upholds Science, Agency Practice, and Federal Law
STATEMENT FROM THE PERCHLORATE INFORMATION BUREAU (PIB) RE: EPA Perchlorate Decision Upholds Science, Agency Practice, and Federal Law Today’s decision by EPA that perchlorate does not merit additional federal regulation, is based on the best available scientific...
Perchlorate in Drinking Water and IQ – is there a connection? (Updated 11/20)
Update 11/2020: A new study by Lain, et. al suggest that the low levels of perchlorate found in the environment will not negatively impact IQ in children. Perchlorate has a well-documented, scientifically-established “No Observed Effect Level” (NOEL) which, at 245...
STATEMENT FROM THE PERCHLORATE INFORMATION BUREAU (PIB)
The best available science supports EPA’s regulatory decision on perchlorate. More than 60 years of scientific research have repeatedly demonstrated that perchlorate does not meet the requirements for additional nationwide regulation, nor would a national drinking...
STATEMENT FROM THE PERCHLORATE INFORMATION BUREAU (PIB)
Despite sensational headlines regarding a recent paper published in Nature Structural and Molecular Biology by researchers at Vanderbilt University, (“Allosteric Regulation of Mammalian Na+/I- Symporter Activity by Perchlorate”), this paper adds little-to-no new...
STATEMENT FROM THE PERCHLORATE INFORMATION BUREAU (PIB)
US EPA should withdraw its 2011 regulatory determination to set a national water standard for perchlorate and revise its perchlorate reference dose and health advisory, in accordance with the findings in its Proposed Perchlorate Rule published on June 26, 2019. The...
STATEMENT FROM THE PERCHLORATE STUDY GROUP:
The Perchlorate Study Group is highly concerned with the EPA’s proposed framework for assessing its approach to perchlorate regulation, as it is insufficient to assure the quality of the peer review process, and the omission of important scientific considerations...
Statement from the Perchlorate Information Bureau (PIB)
This lawsuit is an unfortunate attempt to undermine the regulatory process and pressure the EPA to ignore sound science and distract it from attending to real and significant public health concerns. The scientific record clearly shows environmental levels of...
Former U.S. EPA Official Casts Doubt on Public Health Benefits of a National Perchlorate Regulation in Drinking Water
March 4, 2015 – The Perchlorate Information Bureau (PIB) agrees with the recommendation of Dr. Joseph Cotruvo in a recent commentary he authored in Water Technology about the decision by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate perchlorate...