It has been identified as perchlorate, which is actually used on Earth in rocket fuel.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 5, 2008] Reference

Now that same chemical called perchlorate has turned up in the food supply as well.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 3, 2004] Reference

The part with the negative charge is called the perchlorate anion or just perchlorate.    From Wordnik.com.  [Public Health Statement for Perchlorates] Reference

Further tests by the Phoenix lander found traces of a substance called perchlorate in the Martian soil.    From Wordnik.com.  [Signs of the Times] Reference

Contaminants that go unregulated by the EPA -- such as perchlorate or MTBE, a gasoline additive - also go unregulated by the FDA.    From Wordnik.com.  [Elizabeth Royte: Tap Water's Dirty Little Secret] Reference

Site a little unclear abt rocket fuel or jet fuel and what kind of perchlorate but still worth a look.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ex Cathedra] Reference

What exactly is perchlorate, and how much is too much?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 24, 2005] Reference

Fate and effects of perchlorate - Encyclopedia of Earth.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fate and effects of perchlorate] Reference

The blood stream carries perchlorate to all parts of the body.    From Wordnik.com.  [Public Health Statement for Perchlorates] Reference

GUPTA: At home there is no real way to control perchlorate levels.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 24, 2005] Reference

More than 90% of perchlorate taken in by mouth enters the bloodstream.    From Wordnik.com.  [Public Health Statement for Perchlorates] Reference

Most of the perchlorate that is taken in is eliminated in the first day.    From Wordnik.com.  [Public Health Statement for Perchlorates] Reference

Taking a shower will remove any perchlorate dust from your skin or hair.    From Wordnik.com.  [Public Health Statement for Perchlorates] Reference

As a result, perchlorate exposure may be particularly harmful to fetuses.    From Wordnik.com.  [Building a Better Firework] Reference

Fate and effects of perchlorate; Public Health Statement for perchlorates.    From Wordnik.com.  [Environmental Contaminants and Toxicology Reader] Reference

The main target organ for perchlorate toxicity in humans is the thyroid gland.    From Wordnik.com.  [Public Health Statement for Perchlorates] Reference

Click here to ask the EPA to keep perchlorate at safe levels in our drinking water.    From Wordnik.com.  [eco-mama Diary Entry] Reference

This has generally occurred when perchlorate also affected the thyroid of the mothers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Public Health Statement for Perchlorates] Reference

Some factories may even release perchlorate dusts, which can be blown away in the wind.    From Wordnik.com.  [Public Health Statement for Perchlorates] Reference

Traditional "flash-bangs" work by igniting a mixture of aluminum and potassium perchlorate.    From Wordnik.com.  [Flash and Awe: A Better Stun Grenade Protects the Good Guys] Reference

However the rocket fuel they used in the Mars Phoenix Lander doesn't have perchlorate in it.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 5, 2008] Reference

The body begins to clear itself of perchlorate through the kidneys within 10 minutes of exposure.    From Wordnik.com.  [Public Health Statement for Perchlorates] Reference

Researchers say the levels of the component perchlorate were five times greater than in dairy milk.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 24, 2005] Reference

An FDA study found traces of perchlorate in milk, lettuce and bottled water in states all across the country.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 3, 2004] Reference

perchlorates have recently been found in soil, plants, and animals located near perchlorate-contaminated areas.    From Wordnik.com.  [Public Health Statement for Perchlorates] Reference

People exposed to excessive amounts of perchlorate for a long time may develop a low level of thyroid activity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Public Health Statement for Perchlorates] Reference

GUPTA: Nursing mothers eat perchlorate contaminated foods and pass it through breast milk to their nursing children.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 24, 2005] Reference

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found perchlorate contamination in 15 brands of powdered infant formula.    From Wordnik.com.  [eco-mama Diary Entry] Reference

If you breathe in air containing dust or droplets of perchlorate, it can pass though your lungs and enter the bloodstream.    From Wordnik.com.  [Public Health Statement for Perchlorates] Reference

But new research finds that perchlorate, a toxic part of rocket fuel, is found in breast milk at potentially damaging levels.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 24, 2005] Reference

It consists of aluminum powder, ammonium perchlorate, and rubber, which is -- gives it, basically, the consistency of an eraser.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 2, 2007] Reference

GOLDSTEIN: Well, perchlorate inhibits your take-up of iodide, which is a form of iodine, which is necessary to make thyroid hormone.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 24, 2005] Reference

Experts say that ammonium perchlorate has an ozone-depleting potential as high as other chemicals scheduled for phaseout by the year 2000.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Major Polluter?] Reference