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Atrazine found contaminating quarter of US rivers
Original: Hormone-disrupting herbicide contaminating 25% of continental US rivers, report finds. Atrazine, banned in 60 countries,
A new report finds the herbicide atrazine, which disrupts hormones, pollutes roughly 25% of rivers across the continental United States. The chemical, banned in 60 countries, is present at levels that can harm wildlife and may pose risks to human health. The findings are renewing calls from environmental advocates for stricter regulation of the widely used weedkiller in American agriculture.
Why now: A new report linking a banned-in-many-countries herbicide to widespread US river contamination is drawing attention to water safety and regulatory gaps.
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