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 ...

Finally, a different electrolyte was used — ether-based electrolyte containing dissolved iron perchlorate. “We tried different electrolytes including conventional ones and also a combination ...

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 ...

In their first two tastes of Martian soil, scientists with NASA's Phoenix mission have discovered an oxidizer — a class of chemical compounds normally responsible for destroying organic molecules.

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 ...

Re “Volunteers Ingest Pollutant in Drinking Water Study,” Nov. 27 and your Nov. 28 editorial: In 1997 scientists detected perchlorate in water at levels 100 times lower than previously possible.

The tests by the advocacy group come decades after the chemical, called perchlorate, was first identified as a contaminant in food and water. The Environmental Working Group in 2003 found ...

Here’s how it works. The pervading carpet of perchlorate chemicals found on Mars may boost the chances that microbial life exists on the Red Planet — but perchlorates are also perilous to the ...

Drinking water for as many as 16 million Americans may be contaminated with perchlorate, a chemical that can harm the development of fetuses and children. By Lisa Friedman WASHINGTON — The Biden ...