| The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA), | | | | evaluation determined that atrazine use, as |
| the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) and | | | | currently managed and regulated, is not harmful |
| the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) | | | | to humans or aquatic life and that it is rarely |
| this month completed a special registration review | | | | detected in Minnesota's public water systems," |
| of the corn herbicide atrazine for the State of | | | | said Dr. Tim Pastoor, principal scientist at |
| Minnesota. | | | | Syngenta Crop Protection. "Minnesota's findings |
| According to the MDA, "The review finds that | | | | affirm what 6,000 scientific studies and 50 years |
| atrazine regulations protect human health and the | | | | of experience have told us. When the science |
| environment in Minnesota." | | | | does the talking, atrazine is found safe to use. |
| "Minnesota's independent and exhaustive | | | | |