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EPA Relies on Industry-Backed Studies to Determine Safety of Weed Killer

The Huffington Post (Jul 8 2010)

The EPA is publishing studies of the health effects of the pesticide Atrazine in drinking water that have been funded by companies with financial interest in the weed-killer. Many of these studies, which allege that the pesticide has minimal health risks, have not been scrutinized by independent scientists.