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 11436 signatures

Number	Date	Name	Location	Feel free to leave a comment.
11436	Sun May 19 15:02:58 EDT 2013	Harrison Froedge	US	Why are these chemicals even considered? They don't just pose a threat to amphibians.
11435	Sun May 19 11:50:50 EDT 2013	Emma Spurgin Hussey	ot , GB
11434	Sun May 19 08:43:39 EDT 2013	Lydia Mallinson	ot , GB
11433	Sat May 18 15:18:59 EDT 2013	katie neff	CA , US
11432	Fri May 17 10:18:59 EDT 2013	Tara Burns	NC , US	Save the Genesis Frog!!!
11431	Thu May 16 18:42:12 EDT 2013	Carmen Keller	TX , US	Where are the animal-rights group ?
11430	Mon May 13 05:57:57 EDT 2013	Cassandra Murray	KS , AU
11429	Sun May 12 02:19:59 EDT 2013	Ori Mayer	FL , US
11428	Sun May 12 00:34:59 EDT 2013	T Buhse	US
11427	Fri May 10 03:45:59 EDT 2013	Phoebe Seymour	AU
11426	Wed May 08 17:52:17 EDT 2013	LILY MOLLENCOTT	PA , US
11425	Fri May 03 05:52:09 EDT 2013	Frandah Loock	ot , ZA
11424	Thu May 02 10:03:06 EDT 2013	Sara Paoluzzi	ot , IT
11423	Thu May 02 05:03:07 EDT 2013	Mike Head	GB
11422	Thu May 02 04:49:27 EDT 2013	Dave Head	ot , NZ
11421	Wed May 01 22:22:13 EDT 2013	jeremiah duncan	MI , US
11420	Wed May 01 21:31:40 EDT 2013	David Olson	IL , US	I live in the country. Today 5-1-2013 Gold Star FS in Henry county was spraying Atrazine when the wind was 16-23 mph from the south directly on to my property. I called the Illinois EPA and made More....
11419	Wed May 01 19:02:19 EDT 2013	Wendy Webber	NZ
11418	Wed May 01 12:58:28 EDT 2013	Deanna McBeath	IL , US	As a middle school teacher, I not only teach students about the effects of pollutants on ecosystems, I also witness firsthand some of the endocrine-disrupting effects of pollutants like Atrazine: is it More....
11417	Wed May 01 05:09:18 EDT 2013	Karin Holloway	MI , US
11416	Tue Apr 30 20:56:27 EDT 2013	margarida pimentel	ot , BR
11415	Tue Apr 30 20:55:48 EDT 2013	germana pimentel	ot , BR
11414	Tue Apr 30 20:27:27 EDT 2013	germana pimentel	ot , BR
11413	Tue Apr 30 16:55:34 EDT 2013	Tania Boulanger	QC , CA
11412	Tue Apr 30 15:27:18 EDT 2013	kyle Tafoya	NM , US

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