Weight of evidence supports safety and economic benefits of atrazine
From Syngenta Crop Protection:
Based on the weight of evidence of more than 6,000 studies, scientists around the world have shown that atrazine is safe to use – providing farmers an important tool to bring us safe, abundant and nutritious food.
A recent study on frog development runs counter to the vast majority of scientific opinion, which shows atrazine has no effect on amphibian development. After a comprehensive study in 2007, regulators and credible scientists agreed that atrazine is safe to frogs at levels that appear in the environment.
The EPA, the Australian government, and the World Health Organization have all looked at atrazine’s effects on endocrine systems and given atrazine a clean bill of health.
Most recently, the State of Minnesota conducted a thorough review of atrazine, and in a January announcement said, “The review finds that atrazine regulations protect human health and the environment in Minnesota…”
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