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Your Signature is Needed: Tell Trump’s EPA to ban toxic pesticide atrazine

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  BREAKING NEWS: The world’s most authoritative body on chemical classification just determined that the toxic pesticide atrazine likely CAUSES CANCER! >>   Tell the Trump Administration to BAN atrazine! Earlier this year,  Trump’s EPA appointed a chemical industry lobbyist to oversee pesticide regulations.  Since then, we’ve seen handouts to the pesticide industry in the form of lax regulations and dismissing serious concerns about toxic pesticides. Now Trump’s EPA is trying to downplay the serious harms of the toxic pesticide atrazine. A few years ago,  the EPA itself  concluded that atrazine is likely to  harm more than 1,000 endangered species  – and that  its continued use could push some animals to EXTINCTION!  But now, under Trump, it’s trying sweep the danger atrazine poses to wildlife under the rug! The good news is that the EPA is required to consider  every  single comment submitted during its public input peri...