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By Admin on October 05th, 2010

World Health Organization Shows Safety of Atrazine with New Standard

A recently released World Health Organization (WHO) document has recommended a drinking water standard of 100 parts per billion, up from the previous WHO standard of two parts per billion. The atrazine drinking water standard enforced by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is three parts per billion. Jere White, Triazine Network chairman and executive director of the Kansas grain sorghum and corn growers associations, said the recent World Health Organization’s recommendation reaffirms the safety of atrazine.

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By Admin on September 24th, 2010

Kansas Corn, Grain Sorghum Heard at Senate Ag Hearing on EPA and Agriculture

EPA’s handling of atrazine regulation was one of the topics at a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing Thursday. At an oversight hearing on EPA and agriculture Thursday, the Senate Agriculture Committee heard from the Jere White, executive director of the Kansas Corn Growers Association and Kansas Grain Sorghum Producers Association.

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By Admin on September 16th, 2010

Lawyers Aim to Harass, Intimidate Growers in Atrazine Issue

Sometimes, individuals and groups decide to stand up for something. In the case of many crop producers and the associations that represent them, they have decided to stand up for atrazine. Atrazine is a vital herbicide that is under attack by environmentalists, activist researchers, activist media and slick trial attorneys. These well-financed groups worked together last summer to garner enough attention to spur an unscheduled re-review of atrazine by the Environmental Protection Agency.

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By Admin on September 08th, 2010

Triazine Network Sends Letter to EPA Fighting for Atrazine

Read a letter sent to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson by the Triazine Network. It was co-signed by over 120 organizations and supported by thousands of individual growers.

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By Admin on September 01st, 2010

Corn Belt would feel the loss of atrazine

Read commentary from Prof. Micheal D. K. Owen, a professor of agronomy at Iowa State University in response to an opinion piece claiming an atrazine ban would not have negative consequences.

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By Admin on August 31st, 2010

Thousands of Growers Stand Up for Atrazine

As producers gather amid Iowa corn fields at this week’s Farm Progress Show, thousands of them are also standing up for atrazine by signing an online petition at www.AGSense.org that will be sent to U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, voicing growers’ concerns about her agency’s over-reaching in its renewed review of atrazine.

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By Admin on August 18th, 2010