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atrazine_sap re-evaluation

Re-evaluation of the Human Health Effects of Atrazine: Review of Non-cancer Effects, Drinking Water Monitoring Frequency and Cancer Epidemiology

[ 0 ] July 21, 2011

From the July 2011 Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) Overview: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will convene a Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) to consider and review atrazine water-monitoring and human-health studies July 26-29, 2011. The Public Comment period opens Tuesday, July 26, from 4 to 6 p.m. and continues Wednesday morning, July 27, beginning at 8:45 […]

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atrazine class action_kansas farming

Kansas farming communities targeted by trial attorneys for atrazine lawsuit

[ 0 ] July 21, 2011

From High Plains/Midwest AG Journal: Kansas – News that two Kansas agricultural communities have signed on as participants in a class action lawsuit against the maker of the farm herbicide atrazine came as both a surprise and a disappointment to the Kansas Corn Growers Association and the Kansas Grain Sorghum Producers Association. The cities of […]

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EPA Issue Paper for July 2011 SAP: Re-Evaluation of Human Health Effects of Atrazine

[ 0 ] July 21, 2011

From U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pesticide Programs: 1. INTRODUCTION Atrazine – a chlorotriazine herbicide – is currently one of the most widely used agricultural herbicides in the United States, with approximately 70 million pounds of active ingredient applied domestically per year… …As part of this re-evaluation, the Agency held three meetings of the […]

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Atrazine and breast cancer: A framework assessment of the toxicological and epidemiological evidence

[ 0 ] July 20, 2011

From Toxicological Sciences: Abstract – The causal relationship between atrazine exposure and the occurrence of breast cancer in women was evaluated using the framework developed by Adami et al. (2011) wherein biological plausibility and epidemiological evidence were combined to conclude that a causal relationship between atrazine exposure and breast cancer is “Unlikely”… …Epidemiological studies provide […]

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