High Levels of Thyroid-Toxic Rocket Fuel Found in Lettuce

Eating lettuce or other vegetables grown in fields irrigated by the Colorado River may expose consumers to a larger dose of perchlorate than is considered safe by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, according to test data and documents obtained by Environmental Working Group (EWG). Perchlorate is a rocket fuel that is toxic to health, and damaging to the thyroid.

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Mission Pays Off for Thyroid Cancer Victim

"Karen Summers was living in Orange County, California, in 1994 when a doctor told her that her sore throat, weight fluctuations and moodiness were caused by thyroid cancer. Without treatment, the doctor gave her six months to live."

Karen discovered the perchlorate connection and has traced that as a possible source of her cancer. Find out more in this article from

Find out more in this article from the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal