"Atrazine Threat to Male Sexual Development Revealed"

"RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, North Carolina -- Male rats exposed before birth to low doses of the weedkiller atrazine are more likely to develop prostate inflammation and to go through puberty later than non-exposed animals, finds a new study conducted by federal government scientists.

One of the most common agricultural herbicides in the United States, some 80 million pounds of atrazine are applied across the country every year to control broadleaf and grassy weeds in crops such as corn and sugar cane. It is the main ingredient in about 40 name-brand herbicides."

Environment News Service had the story August 25, 2010.