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.
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.
An editorial in today’s Wall Street Journal notes, “With the headlines full of oil spills and immigration, the Obama Administration’s regulatory agenda is getting little attention. That’s a mistake. Consider the Environmental Protection Agency’s effort to revive an assault on atrazine, one of the oldest, most well-established agricultural chemicals on the market. Just this past week, the EPA held its third ‘re-evaluation’ hearing on atrazine.”
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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