"California Adds Atrazine to List of Toxic Chemicals, But No Ban"

"Atrazine has been a dirty word among environmentalists for decades. Now state and federal agencies are coming down on the weed killer, amid troubling evidence that it disrupts hormones and contributes to birth defects.

This month, California added atrazine to the Prop 65 list of toxic chemicals since it’s known to cause reproductive harm.

And in June, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency declared,  “there are risk concerns for mammals, birds, reptiles, plants and plant communities across the country for many atrazine uses.” The agency opened a public comment period for its atrazine draft ecological risk assessment, which is based on new studies. By the end of the year it will issue a separate report on atrazine’s human impact."

Lindsey Hoshaw reports for KQED July 28, 2016.