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Herbicide causes prostate problems, delays puberty

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September 6, 2010
Herbicide causes prostate problems, delayed puberty
George Atkinson

Exposure to low doses of atrazine, a widely used herbicide, caused prostate inflammation in rats and delayed the onset of puberty. Atrazine, a herbicide used to control weeds and grass crops such as corn and sugarcane, is known for being relatively persistent in the environment, potentially find their way in water supplies.

Research, appearing in Reproductive Toxicology, found that the incidence of prostate inflammation spent 48 percent in rodent not exposed to 81 percent in male offspring which were prenatally exposed to a mixture of atrazine and its degradation products group.The severity of inflammation increased with the strength of the puberty dosis.La also was delayed in animals receiving atrazine.Doses of atrazine given to rats during the last five days of pregnancy are similar to the levels in drinking water sources.

"Do not look forward to seeing these kinds of effects at these low levels," said Suzanne Fenton, National Institute of environmental sciences of the salud.Fenton was the author of a document of 2007 showed the low doses of atrazine delayed breast development in females.

Fenton notes that these findings may extend beyond of atrazine alone, and can be relevant to other herbicides to be found in the same family of chlorotriazine including propazine and simazina.Los three herbicides created the same set of decomposition products.

"We hope that this information will be useful to the EPA, to complete its assessment of the risk of atrazine," said Linda Birnbaum, director of the national program of Toxicology at the National Institute of environmental health sciences.

(Atrazine is sold under the brands Aatrex, PK Actinite, Akticon, Argezin, Atazinax, Atranex, Atrataf, Atred, Candex, Cekuzina-T, Chromozin, Crisatrina, Cyazin, Fenamin, Fenatrol, Gesaprimm, Hungazin, Inakor, Pitezin, Primatol, Radazin, Strazine Vectal, Weedex A., Wonuk, Zeapos Zeazine)

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Source: Institute of national environmental health sciences


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