Atrazine Disrupts Sexual Development?
Channel: Jonas Kuehne MD
Date: 2023-06-22

The herbicide atrazine is a hot topic again after RFK jr’s claim on Joe Rogan that it is the most disturbing endocrine disruptor, possibly affecting the normal sexual development of children. 
Atrazine has been banned in Europe since 2004, but continues to be used in United States at a rate of 76,000,000 pounds per year. 
It has been found in drinking water, mostly in wells, but also to some extent in the public water system in certain areas of the United States. 
Atrazine is a known endocrine (hormone) disruptor. In concentrations lower than what is allowed in our water, atrazine caused the development of male tadpoles into female tadpoles by virtue of blocking hormones. It has also shown similar effects in mammals.
While I would not blame Atrazine alone for the hormonal issues affecting Americans, it certainly plays a role along with plastic chemicals and chemical sunscreens.
It is widely used in corn, sweet corn, soybean, and sugarcane crops.
The good news is that an activated carbon filter or reverse osmosis filter will remove it almost completely from our drinking water.

https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/54/12/1138/330110

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2842049/

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ps.1000

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1179/oeh.2006.12.3.260

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