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- Study shows atrazine poses no cancer risk in drinking water February 8, 2013
A new report in the March 2013 issue of European Journal of Cancer Prevention states atrazine appears to be a good candidate for a category of herbicides with a probable absence of cancer risk. The authors, Boffetta et. al, recommend that atrazine cont...
- University of Missouri Students Investigate Atrazine Runoff November 20, 2012
From High Plains / Midwest Ag Journal: University of Missouri undergraduates, working with faculty from the MU College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, investigated whether working the herbicide atrazine into crop soils would reduce runoff ...
- Report finds no causal association between atrazine and cancer September 6, 2012
Abstract from the European Journal of Cancer Prevention: ...We reviewed the Environmental Protection Agency and Panel reports in the context of all the epidemiologic studies on the specific cancers of interest. A weight-of-evidence approach leads to...
- Atrazine Settlement Statement August 1, 2012
From Syngenta Crop Protection: This settlement ends the business uncertainty and expense of protracted litigation surrounding this critical product that has been the backbone of weed control for more than 50 years. It allows farmers to continue to r...
- Documentaries, website show herbicide atrazine helps save water and conserve soil May 9, 2012
From Syngenta Crop Protection: Syngenta today announced the launch of a new website, "Saving the Oasis," featuring three short documentaries that tell the story of how atrazine helps modern farmers protect precious water and soil resources while aidin...
- Documentary Film “Last Call at the Oasis” Gets Facts Wrong About Atrazine May 7, 2012
From Syngenta Crop Protection: The documentary movie “Last Call at the Oasis” dramatizes a real crisis—the global shortage of clean water. But the film gets key facts wrong about atrazine, a herbicide that is not only safe, but actually prote...
- Modern farming is grounds for Earth Day celebration April 20, 2012
From Syngenta Crop Protection: Modern farming practices such as conservation tillage and no-till farming are responsible for significant environmental benefits often overlooked by Earth Day observers. With no-till, farmers plant crops and control w...
- USGS Study: Atrazine Unlikely to Exceed Drinking Water Standard in Agricultural Groundwater March 14, 2012
From USGS via Journal of Environmental Quality: ...Atrazine is one of the most extensively used agricultural herbicides in the United States, with an average annual use (1992–1995) of 29 million kg active ingredient applied to about 231,000 km2 of c...
- Setting the Record Straight on Atrazine March 1, 2012
From Syngenta Crop Protection: Atrazine, a popular and trusted herbicide for more than 50 years, is once again under attack. A recent flurry of negative articles, videos and blogs has been spreading false claims. Atrazine is a well-tested, safe a...
- PR efforts in atrazine litigation February 27, 2012
From the Center for Legal Policy's PointofLaw.com: A year ago, a Madison County judge in the meritless atrazine litigation unsealed PR documents that showed, heaven forfend, that the defendants were exercising their First Amendment rights to defend th...
- Sex changes and EPA wrapped up in atrazine war February 23, 2012
From Western FARM PRESS: Darnell the frog is the champion of the anti-atrazine crowd. Darnell is an ex-male that became partially female and got cross-wired or something to that effect. A hemaphrodite, transgendered frog with high-pitched croaks — m...
- Demonizing Defendants February 20, 2012
From Belleville News Democrat via Madison/St. Clair Record: Madison County's scientifically meritless, nearly 8-year-old atrazine lawsuit last made headlines in spring 2011 when the presiding judge backed the plaintiffs' request to unseal arguably irr...
- Frequently Asked Questions about the Center for Media & Democracy Claims Against Syngenta February 15, 2012
From Syngenta Crop Protection: Why did Syngenta try to keep its communications and public relations plans secret? It didn’t. Most of the documents posted by the Center for Media and Democracy on SourceWatch.org were originally filed with the Cour...
- Over-Regulation Fever At The White House February 10, 2012
From Jon Entine via Forbes: Don’t drink tap water. Beware the coming environmental apocalypse. It’s election season, and s are turning up the heat on the Environmental Protection Agency. Will the Obama Administration buckle in this über-political...
- Commentary: Smear campaign against atrazine and Syngenta February 10, 2012
From editor Rich Keller via Ag Professional: The Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) recently took a wild swing at Syngenta Crop Protection, and although AgProfessional doesn’t agree with the organization’s position, we feel it's important to inf...
