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July 25, 2011
From Syngenta Crop Protection: – Talking Points – The focus of the July 2011 Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) meeting will be on the atrazine water-monitoring and human-health studies. Syngenta has been contributing additional information to the EPA and SAP to advance the science on human toxicology and exposure and risk assessment. Atrazine is one of […]
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 […]
May 4, 2010
From Syngenta Crop Protection: …The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA), the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) completed a special registration review this past January of the corn herbicide atrazine for the State of Minnesota. According to the MDA, “The review finds that atrazine regulations protect human health and […]
January 25, 2010
From CropLife: The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA), the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) this month completed a special registration review of the corn herbicide atrazine for the State of Minnesota. According to the MDA, “The review finds that atrazine regulations protect human health and the environment in […]