EPA Relies on Industry-Backed Studies to Assess Health Risks of Widely Used Herbicide
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 - 13:35
in Health & Medicine
Companies with a financial interest in a weed-killer sometimes found in drinking water paid for thousands of studies federal regulators are using to assess the herbicide's health risks, records of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency show. Many of these industry-funded studies, which largely support atrazine's safety, have never been published or subjected to an independent scientific peer review. [More] United States - Drinking water - Herbicide - United States Environmental Protection Agency - Atrazine