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Category Archives: Atrazine
New atrazine junk science: Herbicide ‘Though confirmed by many animal studies as harmful to endocrine systems, its specific effects are still unknown’
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You know that pesticides link to Parkinson’s? Never mind…
Parkinson’s Researcher Fabricated Data – Neuroscientist Mona Thiruchelvam agrees to retract two studies linking neurodegeneration to pesticides. Continue reading
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Forbes: “Oasis” Film Is An Intellectual Desert
Coming soon to your local movie theater is a documentary film, “Last Call at the Oasis,” about the need for better management of what is arguably the world’s most critical resource: water. We do face worsening shortages for both human consumption and agriculture but if you dig into the subject a bit, you discover that the film is a shallow left-wing screed with commentary from a coterie of disreputable activists. Continue reading
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Atrazine Pact May Bypass Precedent on Low-Dose Exposure Risks
Inside EPA reports that the “Atrazine Pact May Bypass Precedent on Low-Dose Exposure Risks.” Continue reading
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‘Banned weedkiller caused birth defects in our children,’ say British mothers who live on same street
Another cluster er, ahem, fallacy. And extra tabloid points for a gratuitous headline mention of erring Erin. Continue reading
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Good Housekeeping, Polluted
In the SkyMall catalog on a flight last month, a pitch for “MidNite,” a “drug free sleep remedy” caught my eye. Continue reading
Posted in Atrazine, Water pollutiuon
Congressman introduces bill to ban atrazine
Wisconsin Ag Connection reports: Continue reading
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USGS: Atrazine poses little risk to groundwater
“The report baffled some environmentalists.” Continue reading
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Rise of the Pitchforkers: Can a group of protesters waving farm implements bring about new rules for pesticide use?
Enviros try (again) whipping up fears of atrazine and 2,4-D among farmers. Continue reading
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Atrazine: Demonizing Defendants
We can understand why plaintiffs’ lawyers and allied advocates for the organic food industry would seek to demonize what they see as a deep-pocket defendant and a competitor. But why would Madison County judges ignore overwhelming science and favor the plaintiffs when so many of the county’s tax-paying residents earn their livelihoods in conventional agriculture? Continue reading
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Sex changes and EPA wrapped up in atrazine war
“The atrazine hysteria doesn’t pass inspection — it reeks of ambulance chasers and lawsuit shoppers.” Continue reading
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Atrazine: Demonizing defendants
“We can understand why plaintiffs’ lawyers and allied advocates for the organic food industry would seek to demonize what they see as a deep-pocket defendant and a competitor.” Continue reading
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Atrazine: The Frog of War
Mother Jones profiles Berkeley junk scientist Tyrone Hayes. Continue reading
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New Effort to Ban Three Chemicals Used on Long Island
Pesticide detection does not equal health risk or toxicity. Continue reading
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Atrazine braces for another round
“Maryland statehouse observers will be surprised if new bills, seeking to ban the use or sale of atrazine — the inveterate crop-protection chemical — do not appear in the 2012 legislative hopper in Annapolis. If they do, they will be a product of agricultural ignorance and environmental nonsense.” Continue reading
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Ag College President: Pesticides help modern farming
“Atrazine and other pesticides add more than $2.4 billion of crop production in Georgia. They control weeds and help the environment. Atrazine is vitally important to our economic health.” Continue reading
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Weed killer Atrazine aids conservation tillage
“There is no good substitute for atrazine.” Continue reading
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Herbicide spurs reproductive problems in many animals, ‘report’ says
What does Tyrone Hayes do when none of a multitude of studies show that atrazine harms wildlife? Continue reading
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Syngenta: Atrazine Benefits U.S. Consumers by up to $4.8 Billion Annually
And that makes Berserkeley atrazine-hater Tyrone Hayes worth a potential -$9.6 billion. Continue reading
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