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Ackerman, F. The Economics of Atrazine. Int. J. Occup. Environ. Health (2007). 13:441-448.
Alavanja MCR, Sandler DP, Lynch CF, Knott C, Lubin JH, Tarone R, Thomas K, Dosemeci M, Barker J, Hoppin JA, Blair A. Cancer Incidence in the Agricultural Health Study. Scand J Work Environ Health, 31 (S1): 39-45 (2005).
Albanito, L., Lappano, R., Madeo, A., Chimento, A., Prossnitz, E.R., Capello, A.R., Dolce, V., Abonante, S., Pezzi, V., Maggiolini. M. G-Protein-Coupled Receptor 30 and Estrogen Receptor-a Are Involved in the Proliferative Effects Induced by Atrazine in Ovarian Cancer Cells. Environmental Health Perspectives, 116(12) Dec. 2008. Full Text available online: http://ehsehplp03.niehs.nih.gov/article/fetchArticle.action?articleURI=info%3Adoi%2F10.1289%2Fehp.11297
Detroy, M.G., Hunt P.K.B., and Holub, M.A., 1988, Ground-water-quality- monitoring program in Iowa: Nitrate and pesticides in shallow aquifers: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 88-4123, 32.
Fan W, Yanase T, Morinaga H, Gondo S, Okabe T, Nomura M, Komatsu T, Morohashi K-I, Hayes T, Takayanagi R, Nawata H. Atrazine-induced Aromatase Expression is SF-1 Dependent: Implications for Endocrine Disruption in Wildlife and Reproductive Cancers in Humans. Environ Health Perspect. 2007 May; 115(5): 720-727.
Gilliom RJ, et al. 2006. The Quality of Our Nation's Waters: Pesticides in the Nation's Streams and Ground Water, 1992-2001. U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1291.
Goolsby, D.A., Battaglin, W.A., Fallon, J.D., Aga, D.S., Kolpin, D.W., Thurman, M.E., 1993, Persistence of Herbicides in Selected Reservoirs in the Midwestern United States: Some Preliminary Results (finding that atrazine and its initial metabolites were found more frequently and in higher concentrations in reservoirs than in streams). Available online at: http://toxics.usgs.gov/pubs/cos-procee/sec.f-ag.chem/goolsby1.proof.html
Hallberg, G.R., 1989, Pesticide pollution of groundwater in the humid United States. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, v. 26, p. 299-367.
Hayes, T., Haston, K., Tsui, M., Hoang, A., Haeffele, C., Vonk, A. Atrazine-induced Hermaphroditism at 0.1 ppb in American Leopard Frogs (Rana pipiens): Laboratory and Field Evidence. Env. Health Perspectives. April 2003. Vol 111 (4), pp 568-575.
Hopenhayn-Rich, C., Stump, M.L., Browning, S.R. Regional assessment of atrazine exposure and incidence of breast and ovarian cancers in Kentucky. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicology. 2002 Jan; 42(1):127-36.
Hornstein, D. T., The Road Also Taken: Lessons from Organic Agriculture for Market- and Risk-Based Regulation, Duke L. J. 56:6 (2007), 1541, p. 1569.
Kamel F, Tanner CM, Umbach DM, Hoppin JA, Alavanja MC, Blair A, Comyns K, Goldman SM, Korell M, Langston JW, Ross GW, Sandler DP. Pesticide exposure and self-reported Parkinson's disease in the Agricultural Health Study. American Journal of Epidemiology. 165(4):364-374 (2006).
Kolpin, D.W., Thurman, E.M., and Goolsby, D.A., 1996, Occurrence of selected pesticides and their metabolites in near-surface aquifers of the midwestern United States. Environmental Science & Technology, v. 30, p. 335-340.
Kolpin, D.W., Kalkhoff, S.J., Goolsby, D.A., Sneck-Fahrer, D.A., and Thurman, E.M., 1997, Occurrence of selected herbicides and herbicide degradation products in Iowa's ground water. 1995. Ground Water, v. 35, n. 4, p. 679-688.
Kopsell, D.A., Armel, G.R., Mueller, T.C., Sams, C.E., Deyton, D.E., McElroy, J.S, Kopsell, D.E. Increase in nutritionally important sweet corn kernel cartenoids following Mesotrione and atrazine applications. J. Agric. Food. Chem. 2009 Jul 22; 57(14). 6362-68.
Koskinen W.C., Clay, S.A. Factors affecting atrazine fate in north central U.S. soils. Rev. Environ Contam. Toxiol. (1997), 117-65.
LeBaron, H.M., McFarland, J., and Burnside, O.C., eds. The Triazine Herbicides: 50 years revolutionizing agriculture. Elsevier, Oxford, UK (2008).
Liu S., Yen, S.T., Kolpin, D.W. Pesticides in Ground Water: do Atrazine Metabolites Matter? J. of the Am. Water Resources Assoc. 1996. Vol. 32 (4), p. 845-853.
Mattix, K.D., Winchester, P.D., Scherer, L.R. Incidence of abdominal wall defects is related to surface water atrazine and nitrate levels. J. Pediatr. Surg., 2007 Jun; 42(6), pp. 947-49.
Mills PK, Yang R. Regression analysis of pesticide use and breast cancer incidence in California Latinas. J Environ Health. 2006 Jan-Feb;68(6):15-22.
R Munger, P Isacson, S Hu, T Burns, J Hanson, C F Lynch, K Cherryholmes, P Van Dorpe, and W J Hausler, Jr. Intrauterine growth retardation in Iowa communities with herbicide-contaminated drinking water supplies. Environ Health Perspect. 1997 March; 105(3): 308-314. Full Text available online at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1470002/.
Potter, T.L., and Carpenter, T.L., 1995, Occurrence of alachlor environmental degradation products in groundwater. Environmental Science & Technology, v. 29, p. 1557-1563.
Rohr, J.R., McCoy, K. A Qualitative Meta-Analysis Reveals Consistent Effects of Atrazine on Freshwater Fish and Amphibians. Env. Health Perspectives. 2010; 118(1), 20-32.
Rusiecki JA, De Roos A, Lee WJ, Dosemeci M, Lubin JH, Hoppin JA, Blair A, Alavanja MCR. (2004). Cancer incidence among pesticide applicators exposed to Atrazine in the Agricultural Health Study. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 96(18): 1375-1382.
Solomon, K.R., Carr, J.A., Du Preeze, L.H., Giesy, J.P., Kendall, r. J., Smith, E. E., Van Der Kraak, G. J. Effects of atrazine on fish, amphibians, and aquatic reptiles: a critical review. Crit. Rev. Toxicol. 2008; 38(9): 721-72.
Tappe, W., Groeneweg, J., Jantsch, B. Diffuse atrazine pollution in German aquifers., Biodegradation 13(1) January 2002. Abstract only online: http://www.springerlink.com/content/96dpj7r8n73e434f/
Winchester, P.D., Huskins, J., Ying, J. Agrichemicals in surface water and birth defects in the United States. Act Paediatrica. 2009 (98) pp. 664-669.
Wu, M., Quirindongo, M., Sass, J., Wetzler, A. Poisoning the Well: How the EPA is Ignoring Atrazine Contamination in Surface and Drinking Water in the Central United States. (August 2009) NRDC Report. Available online at: http://www.nrdc.org/health/atrazine/
Atrazine Fact Sheets, Profiles, and US Government Reports
EXTOXNET (Extension Toxicology Network), Atrazine profile (Sept. 1993), available at: http://pmep.cce.cornell.edu/profiles/extoxnet/24d-captan/atrazine-ext.html. Also: Pesticide Action Network UK (PAN-UK) Atrazine Fact Sheet, available online at: http://www.pan-uk.org/pestnews/Actives/atrazine.htm.
US EPA, "Major Crops Grown in the United States", online reference available at: http://www.epa.gov/oecaagct/ag101/cropmajor.html
US EPA Pesticide FactSheet, available online at: http://www.epa.gov/opp00001/factsheets/atrazine_background.htm.
US EPA online document, Basic Information about Atrazine in Drinking Water
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/contaminants/basicinformation/atrazine.html (accessed April 26, 2010)
US EPA. 1988 (August). Atrazine: Health Advisory. Office of Drinking Water, US EPA, Washington, DC.
US EPA Press Release (Jan. 31, 2003). "EPA Adopts Aggressive Measures on Herbicide Atrazine". Available online at: http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/e987e762f557727d852570bc0042cc90/604c8f5a426eb14085256cbf0070e94a!OpenDocument&Highlight=0,atrazine.
US Dept. of Health and Human Services, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Toxicological Profile for Atrazine. (2003). (Cited as "ATSDR 2003").
EPA 2009-2010 Atrazine Review, Press Coverage
US EPA Press Release (Oct. 7, 2009). "EPA Begins New Scientific Evaluation of Atrazine." Available online at: http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/d0cf6618525a9efb85257359003fb69d/554b6abea9d0672f85257648004a88c1%21OpenDocument (accessed April 26, 2010)
CBS News Online (April 23. 2010). "EPA Takes a Second Look at Popular Pesticide Atrazine." Available online at: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31727_162-20003267-10391695.html.
EPA News release (October 7, 2009). "EPA Begins New Scientific Evaluation of Atrazine." Available online: http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/8b770facf5edf6f185257359003fb69e/554b6abea9d0672f85257648004a88c1!OpenDocument.
Agricultural Health Study
NCI Factsheet on Agricultural Health Study: http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/risk/ahs (accessed April 26, 2010).
Agricultural Health Study website: http://www.aghealth.nci.nih.gov/
World Health Organization Publications
World Health Organization (WHO). Terbuthylazine (TBA) in Drinking Water: Background document for development of WHO Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality. Doc. WHO/SDE/WSH/03.04/63. World Health Organization, Geneva, 2003. (Originally published in Guidelines for drinking-water quality, 2nd ed. Addendum to Vol. 2. Health criteria and other supporting information. World Health Organization, Geneva, 1998). Full text available online at: http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/dwq/chemicals/terbuthylazine/en/ (accessed May 6, 2010).
Cancer Advocacy Organization Coverage
Breast Cancer Action. A Hormonal Seesaw: The Atrazine and AI Connection. Newsletter No. 101 (April/May 2008). Available online at: http://www.bcaction.org/index.php?page=newsletter-101f .
National Breast Cancer Coalition. Environmental Risk Factors for Breast Cancer. Background Paper (Oct. 2003, updated Sept. 2006) (citing triazine herbicides). Available online at: http://www.stopbreastcancer.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=183
Media References
UC Berkeley, "Popular weed killer demasculinizes frogs, disrupts their sexual development, UC Berkeley study shows." April 4, 2002. Available online at: http://berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2002/04/15_frogs.html.
Charles Duhigg, "Debating How Much Weed Killer is Safee in Your Water Glass", New York Times (August 22, 2009) . Available online at: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/23/us/23water.html?_r=1&hp.
Charles Duhigg, "Regulators Plan to Study Risks of Atrazine." New York Times (October 7, 2009). Available online at: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/07/business/energy-environment/07water.html?scp=1&sq=atrazine&st=cse.
Pesticide Action Network (PANNA) and PAN UK Report, "EU says 'No' to Atrazine, But Not to Paraquat" (October 24, 2003). Text available online at: http://ipm.osu.edu/trans/103_241.htm.
Janet Raloff, "Atrazine paper's challenge: Who's responsible for accuracy?", Science News, web edition, May 6, 2010. Accessed at: http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/58945/title/Atrazine_paper's_challenge_Who's_responsible_for_accuracy%3F
Danielle Ivory, "EPA Fails to Inform Public About Weed-Killer in Drinking Water." Huffington Post Investigative Fund report (August 23, 2009). Available online at: http://huffpostfund.org/stories/2009/08/epa-fails-inform-public-about-weed-killer-drinking-water ,
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