A component of rocket fuel that has been linked to serious health issues shouldn’t be in your drinking water or food. Yet new tests by Consumer Reports have found that the chemical perchlorate—which ...

Perchlorate (CLO4−) is a non-volatile anion with a molecular weight of 99.45. It consists of one chlorine atom surrounded by four oxygen atoms. Consumer Reports is out with tests confirming that the ...

After nearly three decades of scientific review, regulatory reversals, and political hesitation, perchlorate is back on the EPA’s agenda—this time by court order. The Agency’s proposed national ...