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Atrazine Water Monitoring and Human Health (FINAL SAP Talking Points)

[ 0 ] July 25, 2011

From Syngenta Crop Protection: – Talking Points – The focus of the July 2011 Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) meeting will be on the atrazine water-monitoring and human-health studies. Syngenta has been contributing additional information to the EPA and SAP to advance the science on human toxicology and exposure and risk assessment.  Atrazine is one of […]

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EPA Issue Paper for July 2011 SAP: Re-Evaluation of Human Health Effects of Atrazine

[ 0 ] July 21, 2011

From U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pesticide Programs: 1. INTRODUCTION Atrazine – a chlorotriazine herbicide – is currently one of the most widely used agricultural herbicides in the United States, with approximately 70 million pounds of active ingredient applied domestically per year… …As part of this re-evaluation, the Agency held three meetings of the […]

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Minnesota Special Registration Review of Atrazine Found Current Regulations are Protective

Review affirms atrazine helps farmers produce safe, affordable and abundant food

[ 0 ] May 4, 2010

From Syngenta Crop Protection: …The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA), the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) completed a special registration review this past January of the corn herbicide atrazine for the State of Minnesota. According to the MDA, “The review finds that atrazine regulations protect human health and […]

Minnesota Affirms Atrazine

Minnesota Affirms Atrazine Regulation is Protective

A special registration review has found atrazine regulations do protect human health and the environment in Minnesota.

[ 0 ] January 25, 2010

From CropLife: The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA), the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) this month completed a special registration review of the corn herbicide atrazine for the State of Minnesota. According to the MDA, “The review finds that atrazine regulations protect human health and the environment in […]