US ag groups battling to keep atrazine available

摘要

US ag interests are pressuring the country's EPA to back away from a proposal to restrict use of the herbicide,atrazine.They argue that it is critical for maize and sorghum growers and dispute the Agency's conclusion that the current mitigation measures are failing to protect aquatic ecosystems.Farm groups including the American Farm Bureau Federation,the National Corn Growers Association,and the Agricultural Retailers Association,along with state farm bureaus and grower groups and the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture have all filed similar comments with the EPA warning of dire consequences for US farmers if the proposed restrictions are imposed.