US to re-evaluate common herbicide
Lauren Said-Moorhouse reports
The most commonly used herbicide, Atrazine has the potential to contaminate both ground and surface water.
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced a comprehensive re-evaluation into the human health implications of widely utilised herbicide atrazine.
Atrazine is a commonly used herbicide in the US, Australia and various other countries, applied to control grass and broadleaf weeds in crops in both stages of pre and post-emergence during the planting of produce.
“Administrator Jackson has made it a priority to examine how we manage and assess the risk of chemicals, including pesticides, and the Obama EPA will take a hard look at atrazine and other substances,” says assistant administrator for EPA’s Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances Steve Owens.
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