A Carcinogenic Pesticide ‘No One Needs’ Is Found in Dangerous Quantities in a Quarter of US Rivers — SkimNews
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- Atrazine is the second-most widely used weed killer in the U.S., ranking behind only glyphosate in prevalence of application
- Atrazine has been detected in dangerous quantities in a quarter of U.S. rivers, according to the report highlighted on Living on Earth
- Nathan Donley of the Center for Biological Diversity characterized atrazine as a carcinogenic pesticide that 'no one needs' in his interview with Living on Earth producer Aynsley O'Neill
- Living on Earth, public radio's environmental news magazine, aired the segment as a collaboration with the publishing outlet
Why it matters: If a pesticide described by a Center for Biological Diversity scientist as something 'no one needs' is contaminating a quarter of the nation's rivers at dangerous levels, that means drinking-water and ecosystem exposure is already widespread — putting regulators under pressure to act on a chemical they previously permitted at scale.
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