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.

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This petition has a goal of 100000 signatures

1-25 of 5798 signatures

Number	Date	Name	Location	Feel free to leave a comment.
5798	Sun Sep 05 21:09:02 EDT 2010	chambers austelle	SC , US
5797	Sun Sep 05 11:03:43 EDT 2010	Alejandro Negron	ot , MX
5796	Fri Sep 03 17:28:05 EDT 2010	Meghan T.	NY , US	I have been supporting STF for about 2 years and I will spread the word of banning pesticides via E-Mail.
5795	Fri Sep 03 12:51:00 EDT 2010	fiona wright	BC , CA
5794	Thu Sep 02 21:09:22 EDT 2010	Josephine Biasi	CA , US	I have been concerned about pesticides and the effects they have on our wildlife, environment and ourselves for quite some time now!
5793	Thu Sep 02 20:58:57 EDT 2010	Kay Christlieb	TX , US
5792	Thu Sep 02 17:34:50 EDT 2010	Emily Pesek	MN , US
5791	Thu Sep 02 11:12:19 EDT 2010	Heather Nowlan	NB , CA
5790	Thu Sep 02 10:03:16 EDT 2010	Katie Peirson	ot , ES	SAVE THE FROGS!!!!!! (oh and us aswell)
5789	Thu Sep 02 01:40:48 EDT 2010	Nicola Biasi	CA , US
5788	Thu Sep 02 00:58:21 EDT 2010	Robert Lusby	NS , CA
5787	Thu Sep 02 00:57:52 EDT 2010	Robert Lusby	NS , CA	Watch: Flow for the love of water
5786	Thu Sep 02 00:57:31 EDT 2010	Zachary Gonsioroski	MN , US
5785	Thu Sep 02 00:54:55 EDT 2010	Robert Lusby	NS , CA	Watch: Flow for the love of water
5784	Wed Sep 01 23:42:47 EDT 2010	Na AL	NY , IR
5783	Wed Sep 01 23:02:11 EDT 2010	Rachel Kirby	TN , US
5782	Wed Sep 01 22:07:55 EDT 2010	Pamela Hartwick	PA , US	Please stop using dangerous pesticides!! It is simply unnecessary.
5781	Wed Sep 01 20:26:49 EDT 2010	Norma Soto	AZ , US
5780	Wed Sep 01 19:53:48 EDT 2010	brass Mclean	CA , US
5779	Wed Sep 01 18:12:43 EDT 2010	Joyce Dolence	WY , US
5778	Wed Sep 01 17:55:54 EDT 2010	April Collins	KS , US
5777	Wed Sep 01 14:26:33 EDT 2010	Tricia Mattiello	CT , US
5776	Wed Sep 01 12:50:05 EDT 2010	Bryan Todd	CA , US
5775	Wed Sep 01 12:17:44 EDT 2010	Brianna Ivey	MA , US
5774	Wed Sep 01 12:03:01 EDT 2010	john ely	CA , US	Save The Crops-At What Cost?

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