THE DANGEROUS EFFECTS OF ATRAZINE

There are countless studies that review chemical analysis of tap water. In these analysis, various estrogenic compounds including the potent 17β-estradiol, estrone, estriol and the synthetic estrogen ethinylestradiol have been found. Estrogen opposes testosterone production by increasing SHBG (sex hormone binding globulin), which binds to 40% of free testosterone rendering it useless. Estrogen also increases aromatization of testosterone into more estrogen.

Additionally, substances like #atrazine have been found in tap water, which depresses T levels, causes total chemical castration and infertility. Lastly, #fluoride exposure has been found to markedly reduce testosterone in men.

Improper sanitation, industrial discharge, herbicide and pesticide runoff, and direct implementation all attribute to the accumulation of these substances in our drinking water. Keep in mind that most of these substances are undetectable by taste or vision, and seemingly clear, clean water can be contaminated by these and more.

http://www.democracynow.org - We speak with a University of California scientist Tyrone Hayes, who discovered a widely used herbicide may have harmful effects on the endocrine system. But when he tried to publish the results, the chemical's manufacturer launched a campaign to discredit his work. Hayes was first hired in 1997 by a company, which later became agribusiness giant Syngenta, to study their product, Atrazine, a pesticide that is applied to more than half the corn crops in the United States, and widely used on golf courses and Christmas tree farms. When Hayes found results Syngenta did not expect -- that Atrazine causes sexual abnormalities in frogs, and could cause the same problems for humans -- it refused to allow him to publish his findings. A new article in The New Yorker magazine uses court documents from a class-action lawsuit against Syngenta to show how it sought to smear Hayes' reputation and prevent the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from banning the profitable chemical, which is already banned by the European Union.