Food Consumer The Environmental Working Group (EWG) has once again released a report that should grab your attention. After analyzing water samples from 201 municipal water systems from 43 states, EWG found chemicals considered “probable human carcinogens” in ...
Mother Jones 2012 Mother Jones on Tyrone Hayes, the University of California/Berkeley biologist who has done groundbreaking research suggesting that atrazine , a widely used herbicide, can literally change frogs' gender, even at at tiny exposure levels—a finding ...
ChicagoNow (blog) It focused on Clinton's humanitarian efforts in the fight against elephant poachers while ignoring very important local issues. Jenna concentrated on a very key issue for her – water pollution (more specifically chemical contamination caused by ...
Madison County Record The plaintiffs in the now settled class action lawsuit over atrazine have asked a federal judge to deny the defendants' request for reconsideration of a July 22 ruling that denied their motion to compel. Syngenta AG and Syngenta Crop filed the motion ...
Shore News Today Frog populations have been declining at an alarming rate. You can help by eliminating the chemical atrazine . According to the Center for Biological Diversity, “ Atrazine is a toxic pesticide that threatens wildlife and people across the country in some ...
Lehighvalleylive.com In our desire for clean water and safe food, are we really paying attention to what we are ingesting every day? Atrazine is a herbicide that kills weeds. It is the second most widely used herbicide in the U.S. It is used on corn, sugar cane, cereal ...
The Express Times - LehighValleyLive.com As a second generation Christmas tree grower, I feel compelled to respond to a recent misguided letter Aug. 17 regarding the agricultural use of the herbicide atrazine . I have never used atrazine and don't know of any Christmas tree growers who have ...
Tri States Public Radio The Illinois EPA issued a report last month, saying the water in Spring Lake in Macomb had elevated levels of the herbicide atrazine . The report called a Total Maximum Daily Limit, or TMDL, called the lake impaired. Though the most recent data in the ...
