Perchlorate is a chemical that’s used in things like rocket fuel, explosives, road flares, and fireworks. Small amounts of it can also form naturally in dry states in the Southwest. It has no ...

Perchlorate, a chemical used in rocket fuel, plastic and other substances, has been found in common grocery store and fast foods—with the highest levels in baby and kid foods—and previous ...

It’s hardly a household name, but Perchlorate is a chemical that helps rockets reach for the stars. It's also known to enter ...

Yet new tests by Consumer Reports have found that the chemical perchlorate—which is used in rocket fuel, missiles, explosives, airbags, and certain types of plastic—is in a wide variety of ...

Perchlorate, a chemical used in the production of rocket fuel and fireworks, has been linked to thyroid problems in adults and brain damage in fetuses and newborns. Consumer Reports found the ...

Editor's Note: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated that the list of foods contained the highest concentration of perchlorate but these foods were just tested for the presence of ...

But he now suspects that it may have been ammonium perchlorate, a material that’s used as a solid-state propellant for missiles. The combustion of ammonium perchlorate—a salt that combines the ...