Health and Environment Program, Natural Resources Defense Council, 1200 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20005, USA.
The toxic anti-thyroidic chemical perchlorate, used in rocket fuel, has leached from military dumpsites into public drinking water sources, contaminating the water at dangerous levels in many states. The Department of Defense and its contractors such as Lockheed Martin are using obfuscation to wage a campaign to slow or block Environmental Protection Agency regulatory measures that might cost them billions of dollars in cleanup and liability. The influence of the DOD over the EPA is cause for extreme concern.