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
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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
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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
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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....
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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