perchlorate

Yet another study demonstrating that tap water may be quite unsafe to drink, and that yet another one of EPA/FDA regulations on "safe" levels of a potent thyroid-inhibiting contaminant in drinking water are nothing more than wishful thinking. Namely, the study below claims that the levels of...

Perchlorate competitively blocks iodide from entering the thyroid. Those thyroid-related effects of environmental perchlorate have created great health concerns. However, nitrate, found in spinach, beets and other vegetables, seem to have similar or worse effects than perchlorate, as this study...