"Historic Settlement — Atrazine, Roundup Will Be Assessed By EPA"

"The EPA will begin analysing the impacts of Atrazine and Glyphosate, the two most-commonly used pesticides in the U.S., on 1,500 plant and animal species in the U.S. under the terms of a settlement reached today with the Center for Biological Diversity.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will also analyse the impacts of propazine and simazine, two pesticides very similar to Atrazine, committing to a completion of the assessments by 2020.

Today's announcement marks an historic agreement between the EPA and CBD on a proposed settlement that amended a 2010 court order establishing a schedule to complete impact assessments for 75 chemicals on 11 endangered species in the San Francisco Bay Area in California."

Karen Graham reports for Digital Journal June 25, 2015.

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