ATRAZINE Effects in Xenopus Aren't Reproducible

摘要

New research suggests that the herbicide atrazine does not act as an endocrine disrupter in Xenopus laevis, the lab rat of frog species. The results mark the latest development in a fierce debate over the potential environmental and human-health effects of this widely used herbicide and the data used to back opposing claims. Previous findings by Tyrone Hayes, a comparative endocrinologist at the University of California Berkeley, brought together emerging concerns about amphibian declines, endocrine disrupters, and chemical contamination of the environment.