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Still present after all these years: persistence plus potential toxicity raise questions about the use of atrazine
As one of the worlds’ most heavily applied herbicides, atrazine is still a matter of controversy. Since it is regularly found in ground and drinking water, as well as in sea water and the ice of remote areas, it has become the subject of continuous concern due to its potential endocrine and carcinog...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3030996/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21191660 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-010-0431-y |
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author | Jablonowski, Nicolai David Schäffer, Andreas Burauel, Peter |
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description | As one of the worlds’ most heavily applied herbicides, atrazine is still a matter of controversy. Since it is regularly found in ground and drinking water, as well as in sea water and the ice of remote areas, it has become the subject of continuous concern due to its potential endocrine and carcinogenic activity. Current findings prove long-held suspicions that this compound persists for decades in soil. Due to the high amount applied annually all over the world, the soil burden of this compound is considered to be tremendous, representing a potential long-term threat to the environment. The persistence of chemicals such as atrazine has long been underestimated: Do we need to reconsider the environmental risk? ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s11356-010-0431-y) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. |
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spelling | pubmed-30309962011-03-16 Still present after all these years: persistence plus potential toxicity raise questions about the use of atrazine Jablonowski, Nicolai David Schäffer, Andreas Burauel, Peter Environ Sci Pollut Res Int Commentary As one of the worlds’ most heavily applied herbicides, atrazine is still a matter of controversy. Since it is regularly found in ground and drinking water, as well as in sea water and the ice of remote areas, it has become the subject of continuous concern due to its potential endocrine and carcinogenic activity. Current findings prove long-held suspicions that this compound persists for decades in soil. Due to the high amount applied annually all over the world, the soil burden of this compound is considered to be tremendous, representing a potential long-term threat to the environment. The persistence of chemicals such as atrazine has long been underestimated: Do we need to reconsider the environmental risk? ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s11356-010-0431-y) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. Springer-Verlag 2010-12-30 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3030996/ /pubmed/21191660 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-010-0431-y Text en © The Author(s) 2010 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Commentary Jablonowski, Nicolai David Schäffer, Andreas Burauel, Peter Still present after all these years: persistence plus potential toxicity raise questions about the use of atrazine |
title | Still present after all these years: persistence plus potential toxicity raise questions about the use of atrazine |
title_full | Still present after all these years: persistence plus potential toxicity raise questions about the use of atrazine |
title_fullStr | Still present after all these years: persistence plus potential toxicity raise questions about the use of atrazine |
title_full_unstemmed | Still present after all these years: persistence plus potential toxicity raise questions about the use of atrazine |
title_short | Still present after all these years: persistence plus potential toxicity raise questions about the use of atrazine |
title_sort | still present after all these years: persistence plus potential toxicity raise questions about the use of atrazine |
topic | Commentary |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3030996/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21191660 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-010-0431-y |
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