"It looks like there's 100 percent exposure to the U.S. population to this rocket fuel contamination,"
A Congressional subcommittee has taken a first step to keep perchlorate -- a main ingredient in rocket fuel --
According to one government study, the chemical has seeped into our environment from old munitions plants and missile bases and into every citizen.
The only Wisconsin site listed for possible perchlorate contamination is the old Badger Ammunition plant north of Madison, but the concern is that it's in the groundwater in states like Texas and California, where a lot of our food comes from.
"It looks like there's 100 percent exposure to the U.S. population to this rocket fuel contamination," said Richard Wiles, who heads a Washington, D.C., advocacy program called the Environmental Working Group.
"We don't think people should panic, but you do have to take this one seriously," Wiles said.
