Sunday, December 09, 2007

Atrazine

Atrazine, the second most widely used weedkiller in the country, is showing up in some streams and rivers at levels high enough to potentially harm amphibians, fish and aquatic ecosystems, according to the findings of an extensive Environmental Protection Agency database that has not been made public.

- Washington Post (read full story here)

Farmers either use weedkiller or have greatly reduced crop yields.

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