Atrazine - Let's Get It Banned!

Please sign the petition below to get the harmful pesticide Atrazine banned!

Atrazine is one of the world's most common pesticides: over 80 million pounds of it were used on American crops last year, and it has been in use for 50 years. This harmful pesticide turns male frogs into females at concentrations as low as 2.5 parts per billion. Atrazine causes cancer in laboratory mammals and developmental problems in fish. Atrazine is the most commonly detected pesticide in rainwater, groundwater and tapwater in the USA.

Frogs and humans share half our DNA, so Atrazine can't be good for humans either. That's likely why the European Union banned the harmful pesticide in 2004. But the company that produces it, Syngenta (based in Switzerland!) has $11 billion in revenues, and has a huge lobby to keep Atrazine on the market in the USA.

Frogs have been disappearing worldwide in recent years. SAVE THE FROGS! needs your help to ensure Atrazine gets banned by the 3rd Annual Save The Frogs Day (April 29th, 2011)! We'll deliver this petition to the USEPA once we get 100,000 signatures.

Atrazine is the 21st century's DDT: let's get it banned!

Dear Administrator Jackson,
Amphibian populations worldwide are rapidly disappearing, and pesticides are a primary contributing factor, as they inevitably end up in the water bodies where amphibians live and breed. I am writing to urge you to federally ban the sale and use of Atrazine in the United States. Abundant scientific evidence shows that this harmful herbicide can wreak havoc on a variety of wildlife species, at concentrations as low as 2.5 parts per billion. It is unfathomable to allow the use of a chemical that can so easily turn male frogs into females, as has been shown to be the case with Atrazine.

Humans and frogs share half our DNA. For the sake of the world's remaining frog populations, and for the health of ourselves and our children, I urge the United States Environmental Protection Agency to place a federal ban on the sale and use of Atrazine.

Thank you for your consideration.

The signature deadline has been reached for this petition. Thanks for your interest!

This petition has a goal of 100000 signatures

1-25 of 10622 signatures

Number	Date	Name	Location	Feel free to leave a comment.
10622	Wed May 16 20:06:31 EDT 2012	Francis Caffrey	NJ , US
10621	Wed May 16 11:37:07 EDT 2012	victoria pluchino	CT , US	Please pray that the US EPA wake up and be more responsible
10620	Wed May 16 11:25:06 EDT 2012	Mario Merlonghi	FL , US	I'm having my water tested today, and this makes me think of the Romans and their contamination with lead.
10619	Wed May 16 10:22:39 EDT 2012	Aaron Ray	DC , US
10618	Wed May 16 10:18:36 EDT 2012	Jenni Perez	FL , US
10617	Wed May 16 10:17:42 EDT 2012	Erika Santana	BR
10616	Wed May 16 09:52:12 EDT 2012	Vicki Nosal	PA , US	Atrizine is NOT SAFE for ANY LIVING CREATURE.
10615	Wed May 16 09:42:51 EDT 2012	Iris Pérez	FL , US
10614	Tue May 15 18:19:53 EDT 2012	Tierney Grinavic	MD , US
10613	Mon May 14 22:33:17 EDT 2012	shannon vaccarezza	CA , US
10612	Mon May 14 09:36:48 EDT 2012	12973y127 19273y1237	DZ	aweqwe
10611	Mon May 14 09:36:37 EDT 2012	12973y127 19273y1237	DZ	aweqwe
10610	Mon May 14 09:35:10 EDT 2012	12973y127 19273y1237	DZ	aweqwe
10609	Mon May 14 09:34:07 EDT 2012	12973y127 19273y1237	DZ	aweqwe
10608	Mon May 14 09:33:53 EDT 2012	12973y127 19273y1237	DZ	aweqwe
10607	Mon May 14 09:31:00 EDT 2012	12973y127 19273y1237	DZ	aweqwe
10606	Mon May 14 09:19:31 EDT 2012	asdfgghhjkl asdfghjk	AZ , AL	asdasd
10605	Mon May 14 08:48:43 EDT 2012	asdfgghhjkl asdfghjk	AZ , AL	neennneenu9yu
10604	Mon May 14 08:46:52 EDT 2012	asdfgghhjkl asdfghjk	AZ , AL	neennneenu9yu
10603	Fri May 11 13:43:07 EDT 2012	Noreen Wedman, MS	US	Frogs are endangered across the world. Atazine is thought to be a main culprit. Frogs/toads are a key link in any ecosystem. Anything that affects the reproductive system of frogs can affect the reproductive More....systems of humans and other animals.
10602	Wed May 09 20:00:12 EDT 2012	Anne Bynon	AZ , US
10601	Wed May 09 16:12:51 EDT 2012	Danna Olsen	WI , US
10600	Wed May 09 09:08:17 EDT 2012	Tracy Godsted	HK
10599	Wed May 09 07:18:35 EDT 2012	Angela Bailey	NY , US	We have to stop using all these harmful products! We are hurting ourselves and the earth. Please ban the use of Atrazine in the United States. This would be a great first step in showing that we are More....
10598	Tue May 08 20:26:42 EDT 2012	Carlin Dixon	ON , CA

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