News articles tagged with 'atrazine'
Atrazine causes prostate inflammation in male rats and delays puberty
— 24 Aug 2010 16:19 | HealthA new study shows that male rats prenatally exposed to low doses of atrazine, a widely used herbicide, are more likely to develop prostate inflammation and to go through puberty later…
Commonly used atrazine herbicide adversely affects fish reproduction
— 20 May 2010 13:52 | EnvironmentAtrazine, one of the most commonly used herbicides in the world, has been shown to affect reproduction of fish, according to a new U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) study…
Pesticide atrazine can turn male frogs into females
— 18 Mar 2010 12:23 | BiologyAtrazine, one of the world's most widely used pesticides, wreaks havoc with the sex lives of adult male frogs, emasculating three-quarters of them and turning one in 10 into females,…
Time of conception linked to birth defects in United States
— 31 Mar 2009 11:09 | HealthA study published in the April 2009 issue of the medical journal Acta Paediatrica is the first to report that birth defect rates in the United States were highest for women conceiving…
Bioremediation to keep atrazine from waterways
— 17 Feb 2009 10:50 | EnvironmentFarmers around the world are expected to benefit from the successful trial of an enzyme that breaks down the herbicide, atrazine, in run-off water. 'When we added the enzyme to a holding…
Using live fish, new tool a sentinel for environmental contamination
— 13 Aug 2008 15:33 | TechnologyResearchers have harnessed the sensitivity of days-old fish embryos to create a tool capable of detecting a range of harmful chemicals. By measuring rates of oxygen use in developing…
A Great Lakes mystery: The case of the disappearing species
— 29 May 2008 22:55 | EnvironmentThroughout the overlooked depths of Lake Michigan and other Great Lakes, a small but important animal is rapidly disappearing. Until recently, the animal - a shrimplike, energy-dense…
Weedkiller disrupts human hormone activity in cell studies
— 7 May 2008 08:26 | EnvironmentA common weedkiller in the U.S., already suspected of causing sexual abnormalities in frogs and fish, has now been found to alter hormonal signalling in human cells, scientists from…
Early exposure to common weed killer impairs amphibian development
— 17 Apr 2008 14:39 | BiologyTadpoles develop deformed hearts and impaired kidneys and digestive systems when exposed to the widely used herbicide atrazine in their early stages of life, according to research by…
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