What's In Your Drinking Water? by Long Island Attorney Paul A. Lauto, Esq.
Altrazine is one of the most widely used herbicides in the United States, second only to Glyphosate, and was reportedly found in up to 93% of USDA tested drinking water. Altrazine is commonly used on crops and golf courses and gained popularity as the effectiveness of Glyphosate waned due to weeds building up a resistance to the chemical. Altrazine has been banned in the European Union (EU) since 2003, but remains legal to this day in the United States.
Altrazine is widely believed to be an endocrine disruptor and linked to infertility, liver, kidney and heart problems among others. Although there does not appear to be any conclusive studies to prove the cause and effect of foregoing, the EU banned Altrazine approximately 15 years ago as they found that no proof existed that it was safe.
A recent study showed that Glyphosate, which has been deemed by the World Health Organization to be a probable human carcinogen, was contained within the urine of 93% of those people tested. Many believe that the same is either true or will soon be true with regard to Altrazine. Notwithstanding, the EPA has concluded with "reasonable certainty" that there is no harm associated with Altrazine's widespread use in our country. Such a conclusion is particularly interesting in light of the aforesaid USDA drinking water test results and the fact that you are not just what you eat, but what you drink as well.
Noteworthy, is that in 2010 a class action lawsuit was brought against Syngenta as the manufacturer of Altrazine for alleged water supply contamination. In 2012 the lawsuit was settled for 105 million dollars, representing the cost to remove Altrazine from the water supply. As part of the settlement Syngenta admitted to no wrongdoing.
Long Island Lawyer
Paul A. Lauto, Esq.
www.liattorney.com
Altrazine is one of the most widely used herbicides in the United States, second only to Glyphosate, and was reportedly found in up to 93% of USDA tested drinking water. Altrazine is commonly used on crops and golf courses and gained popularity as the effectiveness of Glyphosate waned due to weeds building up a resistance to the chemical. Altrazine has been banned in the European Union (EU) since 2003, but remains legal to this day in the United States.
Altrazine is widely believed to be an endocrine disruptor and linked to infertility, liver, kidney and heart problems among others. Although there does not appear to be any conclusive studies to prove the cause and effect of foregoing, the EU banned Altrazine approximately 15 years ago as they found that no proof existed that it was safe.
A recent study showed that Glyphosate, which has been deemed by the World Health Organization to be a probable human carcinogen, was contained within the urine of 93% of those people tested. Many believe that the same is either true or will soon be true with regard to Altrazine. Notwithstanding, the EPA has concluded with "reasonable certainty" that there is no harm associated with Altrazine's widespread use in our country. Such a conclusion is particularly interesting in light of the aforesaid USDA drinking water test results and the fact that you are not just what you eat, but what you drink as well.
Noteworthy, is that in 2010 a class action lawsuit was brought against Syngenta as the manufacturer of Altrazine for alleged water supply contamination. In 2012 the lawsuit was settled for 105 million dollars, representing the cost to remove Altrazine from the water supply. As part of the settlement Syngenta admitted to no wrongdoing.
Long Island Lawyer
Paul A. Lauto, Esq.
www.liattorney.com
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