Perchlorate is a chemical that’s used in things like rocket fuel, explosives, road flares, and fireworks. Small amounts of it can also form naturally in dry states in the Southwest. It has no ...

Yet new tests by Consumer Reports have found that the chemical perchlorate—which is used in rocket fuel, missiles, explosives, airbags, and certain types of plastic—is in a wide variety of ...

Perchlorate, a chemical used in rocket fuel, plastic and other substances, has been found in common grocery store and fast foods—with the highest levels in baby and kid foods—and previous ...

Editor's Note: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated that the list of foods contained the highest concentration of perchlorate but these foods were just tested for the presence of ...

It’s hardly a household name, but Perchlorate is a chemical that helps rockets reach for the stars. It's also known to enter ...

A commercial port near Shanghai recently welcomed two Iranian vessels tasked with picking up over 1,000 tons of sodium perchlorate – a key precursor for the production of solid fuel ballistic ...

An explosion at the Shahid Rajaee Port in Iran recently killed at least 70 people and injured over 1,000. The explosion ...

The interior minister said "some individuals deemed responsible" for Saturday's blast at Shahid Rajaee are being questioned.

The most significant change since those 1970's experiments were conducted was the discovery of high levels of perchlorate on Mars. Perchlorate, plus abiotic oxidants, explains the Viking results ...

A person with ties to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said that what exploded was sodium perchlorate, a major ingredient in solid fuel for missiles. The person spoke on condition of ...