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By Admin on January 11th, 2012

New Studies Show Atrazine Supports 38,000 to 85,000 U.S. Jobs

Don Coursey, PhD
Ameritech Professor of Public Policy
Harris School – University of Chicago
Recent research by a team of professors has again shown atrazine’s key role in U.S. agriculture. In light of their five new studies – and the 2010 price and production figures – it appears that 38,000 to 85,000 American jobs depend on atrazine.
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By Admin on November 15th, 2011

Comments submitted to the EPA Docket on Proposed Atrazine Ban

The deadline has passed for submitting comments to EPA on a “Save the Frogs!” petition to ban atrazine. EPA had posted the petition for public comment, consistent with its goal to be open and transparent in scientific and regulatory processes. However, none of the information in the Save the Frogs petition justifies a change in [Continue Reading ...]

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By Admin on November 10th, 2011

Expert Panel: Atrazine’s Economic, Environmental Benefits Up to $4.8 Billion Annually

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.

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By Admin on September 16th, 2011

Responding to Claims that Frogs Are Cool, EPA Seeks Comments on Petition to Ban Atrazine

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 ...]

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By Admin on May 31st, 2011

Researchers find no link between atrazine use and cancer overall among pesticide applicators

Relying on data from the Agricultural Health Study, federal government researchers have found no association between atrazine use and cancer overall among pesticide applicators. Read more here.

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By Admin on February 23rd, 2011

New Study Finds Urban Pollution, Not Atrazine to Blame for Frog Abnormalities

A Yale University study that contradicts what many anti-atrazine activists have been saying for years. Atrazine is not to blame for frog abnormalities. Read more here.

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By Admin on February 14th, 2011

Rep. Frank Lucas: American agriculture is under attack

Rep. Frank Lucas spoke on the impact of regulation on agriculture, including the re-re-evaluation of atrazine. Read the full text of his statement.

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By Admin on November 24th, 2010

MN: No change in rules for herbicide atrazine

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture said Tuesday that existing rules for the weed-killer atrazine are adequate to protect the environment and public health. Read more here.

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By Admin on October 30th, 2010

Farm Industry News: Atrazine answers

Atrazine may not need to be regulated any differently than it is now. Recent studies continue to reaffirm EPA’s original decision in 2006 to reregister atrazine, says Tim Pastoor, principal scientist, Syngenta. Pastoor spoke after a Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) met with the EPA in September to reevaluate the non-cancer effects of the popular corn [Continue Reading ...]

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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