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atrazine

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atrazine
a triazine herbicide; it is not poisonous at levels of intake likely to be encountered in agriculture.

atrazine
Toxicology A nonphytoestrogenic herbicide. See Phytoestrogen.


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We at the Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides applaud the Natural Resources Defense Council for putting pressure on the EPA to strengthen its atrazine regulations, increase monitoring of the nation's public water systems, and make the results of its findings public.
The scientists exposed several varieties of sweet corn plants to the herbicide mesotrione or a combination of mesotrione and atrazine, another commonly used weed killer, and harvested mature corn 45 days later.
Undesirable residues in water have led to restrictions on the use of atrazine in the EU and USA.
 
 
 
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