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Einstein researchers find that a commonly found contaminant may harm nursing infants

Scientists at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have shown that perchlorate -- an industrial pollutant linked to thyroid ailments -- is actively concentrated in breast milk. Their findings suggest that perchlorate contamination of drinking water may pose a greater health risk than previously realized. The study appears in the Dec. 3-7 advance online issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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