Today’s toxin: Atrazine, the weed killer in your water
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The weed killer Atrazine is commonly used by farmers, on golf courses and those beautiful green lawns that people love so much. Most of it is made by the Swiss company Syngenta, which claims it is safe for Americans; somehow Europeans are different because the stuff is banned there and it can’t say the same thing at home. According to the New York Times, it is yet another gender-bender endocrine disruptor:
New research suggests that atrazine may be dangerous at lower concentrations than previously thought. Recent studies suggest that, even at concentrations meeting current federal standards, the chemical may be associated with birth defects, low birth weights and menstrual problems.
