The Daily Progress Abigail Johnson, a junior at Lee, studied atrazine , an herbicide widely used in America and its effects on the aquatic plant, Lemna minor, more commonly known as duckweed. On March 12, Johnson came in first at the Shenandoah Valley Regional Science ...
La Crosse Tribune He is professor of integrative biology at University of California, Berkeley and well-known for his research findings that the herbicide atrazine is an endocrine disruptor that demasculinizes and feminizes male frogs. Hayes is also an advocate for ...
Winfield Daily Courier Online Using a soil-applied chloracetamide herbicide with atrazine (such as Bicep II Magnum, Bicep Lite II Magnum, Bullet, Lariat, Outlook, Degree Xtra, Fultime NXT, or generic equivalents of these products) will greatly enhance controlling pigweeds. Some of ...
Globalnews.ca According to the agency, “because atrazine has been classified in Group III (possibly carcinogenic to humans)” an acceptable amount in drinking water has been set at 5 parts per billion. In the United States, the level has been set at 3 parts per billion.
Globalnews.ca While many scientists say that more research into atrazine's effects on humans is needed, some studies show the chemical is associated with birth defects, breast cancer and poor semen quality in men. It was taken off the market in the European Union ...
