atrazine
noun
at·ra·zine
ˈa-trə-ˌzēn 
: a photosynthesis-inhibiting persistent herbicide C8H14ClN5 used especially to kill annual weeds and quack grass
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And that’s before Rogan starts talking about atrazine, the chemical that Alex Jones claimed turns frogs gay.
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Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 30 Aug. 2023
Biologist Tyrone Hayes studied 40 male control tadpoles along with 40 male tadpoles reared in water tainted with atrazine.
—Smriti Rao, Discover Magazine, 2 Mar. 2010
This is not the first time that Hayes has found atrazine to be wreaking havoc on male frogs.
—Smriti Rao, Discover Magazine, 2 Mar. 2010
And Roundup Ready crops have allowed glyphosate to almost completely replace atrazine on those fields.
—Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 13 Apr. 2013
Frogs and other amphibians are particularly vulnerable to chemicals like atrazine because of their absorbent skins.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 2 Mar. 2010
One such concern is atrazine, one of the world’s most common herbicides, which is also known for turning some male frogs into females.
—Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 10 Feb. 2023
Some 64 weed species are resistant to the herbicide atrazine, for example, and no crops have been genetically modified to withstand it.
—Christie Wilcox, Discover Magazine, 1 May 2013
That means the wallabies are more vulnerable to external threats, such as chemical pollutants, and are likely to more clearly show effects of things like atrazine exposure, writes Corryn Wetzel for Nat Geo.
—National Geographic, 10 Sep. 2020
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Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 30 Aug. 2023
Biologist Tyrone Hayes studied 40 male control tadpoles along with 40 male tadpoles reared in water tainted with atrazine.
—Smriti Rao, Discover Magazine, 2 Mar. 2010
This is not the first time that Hayes has found atrazine to be wreaking havoc on male frogs.
—Smriti Rao, Discover Magazine, 2 Mar. 2010
And Roundup Ready crops have allowed glyphosate to almost completely replace atrazine on those fields.
—Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 13 Apr. 2013
Frogs and other amphibians are particularly vulnerable to chemicals like atrazine because of their absorbent skins.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 2 Mar. 2010
One such concern is atrazine, one of the world’s most common herbicides, which is also known for turning some male frogs into females.
—Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 10 Feb. 2023
Some 64 weed species are resistant to the herbicide atrazine, for example, and no crops have been genetically modified to withstand it.
—Christie Wilcox, Discover Magazine, 1 May 2013
That means the wallabies are more vulnerable to external threats, such as chemical pollutants, and are likely to more clearly show effects of things like atrazine exposure, writes Corryn Wetzel for Nat Geo.
—National Geographic, 10 Sep. 2020
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Word History
Etymology
perhaps from amino + triazine
First Known Use
1959, in the meaning defined above
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“Atrazine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/atrazine. Accessed 3 Dec. 2023.
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