A FIGHT over frogs could sway the fate of one of the world’s most widely used herbicides. A team of toxicologists is claiming that the chemical atrazine is emasculating wild frogs across the US, increasing fears that it could be contributing to amphibians’ decline worldwide. But another team of researchers, funded by one of the herbicide’s makers, is disputing the team’s earlier findings.
Atrazine accounts for 40 per cent of all herbicide applied in the US, and is sprayed over three-quarters of the country’s corn crop. Despite this, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is considering whether to restrict the chemical’s…
