Legislators in Minnesota have proposed a crackdown on the intensively used atrazine. The bills may not get a hearing. Whatever their merits, it is misleading at best for the manufacturer, Syngenta, to imply "atrazine poses minimal to no risk..." This is not water and soap. It is a toxic chemical. "Label instructions" are often observed in the breach.
And given who's running EPA, citing the Bush agency's inaction as an argument for continued use is hardly persuasive.
http://www.startribune.com/stories/587/5270349.html
Posted by Dave at March 3, 2005 06:33 PM