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Pesticide Atrazine Can Turn Male Frogs Into Females

By | Published: March 11, 2010
University of California – Berkeley Atrazine, one of the world’s most widely used pesticides, emasculates three-quarters of adult male frogs, who then cannot reproduce, and turns one in 10 into females, according to a new study by University of California, Berkeley, biologists. While the experiments were performed on a common laboratory frog, the African clawed [...]
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EPA Orders Scotts to Stop Selling Certain Pesticides

By | Published: May 23, 2009
* Twenty-Four Pesticide Products Affected * What happened? o Pesticides containing unapproved ingredients o Pesticides containing false, misleading or unsubstantiated label claims o Pesticides with improper or insufficient labeling o Pesticides sold before EPA registration approval and containing false or misleading label claims or lacking proper safety instructions o Unregistered pesticide products + EPA Analysis [...]
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