EPA is seeking public comment on a May 2011 petition from the amphibian conservation group, Save the Frogs, requesting that the Agency ban the use and production of atrazine. EPA asks that comments on the Save the Frogs petition be submitted within 60 days, by November 14, 2011, to docket EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0586 at Regulations.gov. EPA will review all comments submitted before responding to the petition.
For further information about EPA's regulation of atrazine, visit its Atrazine Updates Web page, http://www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/reregistration/atrazine/atrazine_update.htm .
Interesting Articles:
- Rohr JR, McCoy KA 2010. A Qualitative Meta-Analysis Reveals Consistent Effects of Atrazine on Freshwater Fish and Amphibians. Environ Health Perspect 118:20-32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.0901164
