Hormone-disrupting herbicide contaminating 25% of continental US rivers, report finds

Lake Okeechobee in Florida. Atrazine is primarily used on commodity crops like corn, sugarcane, and sorghum. Photograph: Marli Miller/Universal Images Group/Getty Images Lake Okeechobee in Florida. Atrazine is primarily used on commodity crops like corn, sugarcane, and sorghum. Photograph: Marli Miller/Universal Images Group/Getty Images Pollution Hormone-disrupting herbicide contaminating 25% of continental US rivers, report finds Atrazine, banned in 60 countries, polluting rivers at levels that can harm wildlife and may threaten human health

Prefer the Guardian on Google The hormone-disrupting herbicide atrazine is contaminating nearly 25%, or about 860,000 miles, of all continental US rivers at levels that can harm wildlife and may threaten human health, a new review of federal records has found.

The waterways cover over 20% of surface drinking water intakes across the country, and over 675,000 private and commercial wells.