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Wudi@feddit.uk to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months ago

The Trump administration has determined that atrazine, a powerful weedkiller, does not pose an extinction risk to endangered wildlife

www.nytimes.com

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The Trump administration has determined that atrazine, a powerful weedkiller, does not pose an extinction risk to endangered wildlife

www.nytimes.com

Wudi@feddit.uk to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months ago
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    It does pose an extinction risk, atrazine is a potent endocrine disruptor, and wipes out frog populations in concentrations as low as several parts per billion, causing them to be sterile and hermathroditic.

    https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2012/02/tyrone-hayes-atrazine-syngenta-feud-frog-endangered/

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      typo: hermaphroditic. Otherwise you are correct. sigh.

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        The sigh at the end, not very, uh, not everyone will spell every word right all the time. I notice a pattern of people taking offense at greek words being misspelled here.

        Greek is not a language that rolls of the tongue of northern europeans I’m afraid, it’s rather foreign.

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          I’m pretty sure the sigh is not disparaging, but pointed at how you are correct about atrazine, and that in itself is a sad fact for all of us.

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            You are correct. Atrazine is a big issue in my state, as there is a plume moving through ground water from a spill at a military base.

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