Increased 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.
In 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 ...]
Berkeley 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.
Read the latest report from CGFI detailing the long history of toxic journalism, the new and historical facts…
Syngenta, 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.
The 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.
Simple, 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.
Here 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 ...]
In 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 ...]
Illinois 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.
Study: Atrazine use supports thousands of jobs
A University of Chicago professor estimates as many as 48,000 jobs would be lost if atrazine is ever banned. Read the full report here,or read a transcript of the July 7th media event here.
Atrazine: NOT Banned in the E.U.
We’ve known it all along, and now you know it too: atrazine is not banned in the European Union. Find out more.
Atrazine: 'Son of Alar': The New Pesticide Scare Campaign
Atrazine is a valuable weed-killer used to protect corn, sugar cane, and other crops. The EPA has estimated that farming without atrazine would cost corn farmers $28 an acre... Find out more.
Atrazine can help the environment?
Farmers need atrazine to use environmentally-friendly farming practices like conservation tillage. Find out more.
Atrazine and Frogs
What’s the real story about atrazine research? Can we believe the research results from scientists with a cause? Find out more.
What do the regulators say?
What has EPA and international regulatory agencies said about atrazine? The answer might surprise you. Find out more.
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