Saturday, June 11, 2016

Atrazine and Glyphosate More Harmful Than Scientists Once Thought

EcoWatch

Monsanto marketed its potent weed killer glyphosate—the active ingredient in Roundup—and the corn and soybeans genetically engineered to withstand it, by claiming it would replace other, more toxic weed killers such as atrazine. But, it didn’t happen. Story here.

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