Learn more about perchlorate by exploring the following releases from the Perchlorate Information Bureau.
Perchlorate and the Colorado River
The release of a report prepared by American Rivers has generated media coverage regarding chemicals in the Colorado River, including perchlorate. What is lost in some of this coverage is the fact that the actual levels of perchlorate present in the river water are...
CA Issues Perchlorate Health Goal
"It is important to note that Cal/EPA, in issuing a public health goal for perchlorate today, declared its intention to take into account the findings of an ongoing National Academy of Sciences panel examining the health issues relating to perchlorate. "This is...
California can Benefit from NAS Review on Perchlorate
Sacramento, CA - As California regulators consider how best to set perchlorate standards, they have a unique opportunity to benefit from parallel work now being done by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). It's critical that the best, most credible scientific...
Scientists Question EPA Study on Perchlorate
IRVINE, CA — Several scientists speaking before a recent National Academy of Sciences (NAS) panel on perchlorate raised serious questions about the validity of some key studies used by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to draft a proposal for a maximum...