A toxin which could explain why SO many of us have thyroid disease

Ever heard of perch­lo­rate?? It’s a salt taken from perch­lo­ric acid, and it’s used in roc­ket fuel and explo­si­ves.  It was also once used in a medi­ca­tion to treat hyperthyroidism.

And guess where resi­dues of it are hiding? In our drin­king water and in infant for­mula. (EPA map shows where perch­lo­rate is manu­fac­tu­red just in the US — nearly every state)

In a recent article by the Envi­ron­men­tal Wor­king Group,  it’s esti­ma­ted that 15 brands of infant for­mula are con­ta­mi­na­ted with it, and two of the most con­ta­mi­na­ted brands of those 15 made up 87% of pow­de­red for­mula used in 2000…all accor­ding to the CDC (Cen­ters for Disease Con­trol and Prevention).

As bad as that is, this goes beyond infant for­mula. It’s esti­ma­ted that the drin­king water of 28 sta­tes is con­ta­mi­na­ted by perch­lo­rate, and other esti­ma­tes are 35.  In addi­tion,  the majo­rity of women who breast­feed have it in their milk.  And you can find it in water-rich foods such as toma­toes and melons, or carrots and spi­nach.  It could even be found in milk.  Ouch.

So we not only have millions of US babies being expo­sed to a toxin which can dimi­nish thy­roid health, but adults who can be drin­king their water and eating their food.

But guess what can coun­ter the toxic effect of perch­lo­rate? Iodine sup­ple­men­ta­tion, if you take enough. In spite of some con­tro­versy with the use of iodine sup­ple­men­ta­tion, this gives one pause in favor of it.

Luc­kily for all of us who know that desic­ca­ted thy­roid like Armour is a bet­ter thy­roid treat­ment, it also con­tains iodine. And some go beyond that, adding iodine to their sup­ple­ments via Lugols or Iodo­ral.  It might be worth loo­king into.

P.S. The buck doesn’t stop with perch­lo­ra­tes in our water. We could also be expo­sed to a variety of pes­ti­ci­des, che­mi­cals from depo­sed presc­rip­tion drugs, and even mer­cury in our water.  Sad.  Our poor thy­roids are assaulted.