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Expert Panel: Atrazine’s Economic, Environmental Benefits Up to $4.8 Billion Annually
November 10th, 2011Increased yields, decreased producer costs and environmental benefits from atrazine and other triazine herbicides was estimated to be up to $4.8 billion per year, according to studies released by a panel of experts in Kansas City on November 9.
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Responding to Claims that Frogs Are Cool, EPA Seeks Comments on Petition to Ban Atrazine
September 16th, 2011In early May, ten U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) staffers sat down with Kerry Kriger the founder of Save the Frogs. He showed them a petition to ban atrazine and an 82-slide presentation, made up mostly of excellent photographs of frogs. The presentation has a slide on the use of corn and made claims [Continue Reading ...]
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Daily Californian Article on Tyrone Hayes Raises Questions on Frogs, Fibs and Scientific Method
November 17th, 2010Berkeley anti-atrazine research Tyrone Hayes was featured in today’s issue of The Daily Californian, the independent newspaper of the University of California-Berkeley. The article outlines Hayes’ research that claims atrazine in extremely small amounts, sterilizes and feminizes male frogs.
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Pesticide Activism: Fifty Years of Panic and Propaganda
October 15th, 2010Read the latest report from CGFI detailing the long history of toxic journalism, the new and historical facts…
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Why Profane Emails from Atrazine Scientist Tyrone Hayes Are Important
August 27th, 2010Syngenta, the primary maker of atrazine, recently filed a complaint with UC-Berkeley, citing years of profane and threatening emails from its anti-atrazine researcher Tyrone Hayes. Read Sue Schulte’s blog post on this issue.
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Toxic Environmental Regulations Poison the Job Market
July 13th, 2010The media continue to report dismal economic news, raising the specter that our teetering economy may fall back into a “double-dip recession.” Continuing high unemployment is the biggest worry for most Americans. The percentage of working-age people in the labor force last month fell to 64.7 percent—the lowest figure in a quarter century.
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Purdue says atrazine is simple, effective, inexpensive
July 1st, 2010Simple, effective and inexpensive. These are words used to describe atrazine in a Purdue University column published this week. Purdue weed scientist Bill Johnson offered some common sense advice to farmers who use atrazine or any herbicide.
Farming has a small profit margin and growers strive to control weeds and pests while maintaining profitability. Atrazine is a basic herbicide that controls broadleaf and grassy weeds, helping growers improve yields and keep their fields healthy. Johnson points out that atrazine saves farmers about $2 billion because of cost savings and yield increases. He also encourages growers to follow label directions and use best management practices to ensure that atrazine and other farm chemicals stay on the field.
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Atrazine Scare Campaign Uses Same Junkscience, Playbook as Alar Scare
June 23rd, 2010Here is an article from Atrazine News that was written by Jere White, Executive Director of the Kansas Corn Growers Association on May 27, 2010.
Robert James Bidinotto wrote an article this week on the spurious attacks on atrazine and highlighted the why consumers and farmers alike benefit from this herbicide. On behalf of the [Continue Reading ...] -
Aussies Rap Frog Rapper–Hayes’ Amphibian Studies Dismissed by Australian Government
June 4th, 2010In an informational piece posted on its website on May 31, the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) said “atrazine is unlikely to have an adverse impact on frogs at existing levels of exposure” and pointed out their conclusions were consistent with findings by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. APVMA said that past and [Continue Reading ...]
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EPA responds to Illinois Rep concerning Hayes’ atrazine based frog gonad assertions
June 1st, 2010Illinois State Representative, Dave Winters, who heard Dr. Hayes’ testimony last February regarding frog gonads sent a letter to USEPA asking if it were true that they had reviewed all Dr. Hayes’ data as Dr. Hayes testified. USEPA replied to Representative Winters this week.
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