US: EPA Scientific Advisory Panel set to review ecological risks from atrazine

摘要

The United States Environmental Protection Agency's FIFRA [Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act] Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) is to dive back into the controversy over atrazine this week, reviewing the latest scientific information and analyses concerning the widely used herbicide's potential effects on aquatic ecosystems, with a particular eye on the risks to amphibians.