Atrazine
Atrazine found in drinking water supply
Atrazine is a pesticide used as weedkiller for corn, soy and other crops. Though banned in Europe, atrazine remains the biggest contaminant of the ground water supply throughout the USA. Atrazine can break DNA threads. In humans, atrazine is known to be associated with infertility, low birth weight, and abnormal infant development.Atrazine is a chemical so potent that male frogs exposed to low levels of it can turn into female frogs - producing perfectly viable eggs. This same chemical is a widely-used herbicide whose residues have been found on most American corn crops and atrazine contamination of U.S. drinking water has become widespread.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service acknowledges that Atrazine may harm the reproductive and endocrine eco-systems of fish and other species. The EPA acknowledges atrazine's toxicity to algae and plant life. Sugarcane and pineapple production in Hawaii is now threatening aquatic life from years of atrazine applications (a weedkiller regularly used for corn production) and the run off from atrazine is polluting our rivers and streams causing further contamination to the drinking water supply. Testing for Atrazine is not currently done in Hawaii, despite requirements by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Close examination of atrazine sales records indicate the largest buyers are seed corn companies Monsanto and Mycogen. Monsanto in Hawaii has purchased most of the sugar cane field land that had been previously sold. Syngenta who manufactures atrazine, recently reached a settlement for a class action suit for contamination of the water supply of the City of Greeneville vs. Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc. Atrazine is particularly harmful for PLD/PKD. Try to avoid it if possible.
