Since the mid-1990s, there has been an increasing amount of research effort aimed at evaluating the potential human health risk of perchlorate (ClO4) because of its presence at trace levels in some ...

UC Riverside engineers have developed a catalyst to remove a dangerous chemical from water on Earth that could also make Martian soil safer for agriculture and help produce oxygen for human Mars ...

A study published in Engineering introduces an innovative approach to address the issue of perchlorate (ClO 4 −) contamination in water. Perchlorate is a harmful oxo-anion found in aquatic ...

Discover how perchlorate on Mars aids liquid water but poses health risks for future colonists. Learn the balance of resources and dangers. The saltiest pond on Earth. (Credit: NASA Earth Observatory ...

Microbes of the archaea group have been found to feed on perchlorate (Science, DOI: 10.1126/science.1233957). The findings demonstrate that biological breakdown of perchlorate (ClO 4 –) into chloride ...

Exposures to perchlorate (ClO4), a compound found at low levels in the environment, and thiocyanate (SCN), a compound found in cigarette smoke and some foods, is unlikely to alter thyroid function in ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A new experiment designed to detect amino acids on Mars, in spite of the reactive perchlorate in ...

The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has conducted NHANES since the early 1960s in order to assess the health and nutritional status of the United ...