Atrazine
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GMO Free Canada

California Lists Atrazine Herbicide as a Carcinogen. CA environmental & health officials have added Syngenta’s atrazine, the second most widely used herbicide in the USA, to the state’s Prop 65 list of substances known to cause cancer or reproductive harm. Atrazine, the second most widely used herbicide in the nation, can pose chronic risk to mammals, fish and amphibians. The European Union banned atrazine in 2004 (meanwhile common in Canada). Despite the U.S. EPA recently acknowledging the herbicide’s toxicity, the agency continues to do nothing. As usual. At least one state is doing something.

READ: https://www.agra-net.com/agra/agrow/markets-regulatory/north-america/california-puts-atrazine-on-prop-65-list-of-harmful-chemicals-521855.htm

READ: https://cape.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Atrazine-Bckgd-ENG-2016.pdf 

READ: http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2016/06/epa-report-herbicide-atrazine-syngenta-frogs-tyrone-hayes-cancer-corn-weeds

WATCH this 16 minute exposé from Canada's 16X9 documenting scientist Tyrone Hayes' story and his 10+ year atrazine battle with the GMO & chemical giant, Syngenta: http://globalnews.ca/news/1248219/is-there-atrazine-in-your-drinking-water

WATCH Tyrone Hayes' TED Talks: https://youtu.be/X9NFPZGyDPg

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