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Sound science on trial

[ 0 ] June 4, 2010

From THE DAILY CALLER: Activist organizations have long sought to impose European-style regulations based on “the precautionary principle” as the law of the land in the United States. Simply put, this rule would give regulators carte blanche to use any controversy, no matter how specious, to ban products. Activists especially want to import EU-style bans […]

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Syngenta Responds to Activist Claims Regarding Atrazine

Backed by 6,000 studies and 50 years of use, atrazine can be used safely.

[ 0 ] January 15, 2010

From Syngenta Crop Protection: For 50 years, sound science has governed U.S. regulatory decisions on atrazine, a well-studied herbicide that farmers rely upon worldwide to produce safe, healthy and abundant crops. Syngenta, as a science-based company, looks forward to a continuing, open and transparent safety review of atrazine by the U.S. EPA in 2010 and […]