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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Environment
Tom Perkins

Hormone-disrupting herbicide contaminating 25% of continental US rivers, report finds

aerial view of a lake
Lake Okeechobee in Florida. Atrazine is primarily used on commodity crops like corn, sugarcane, and sorghum. Photograph: Marli Miller/Universal Images Group/Getty Images

The hormone-disrupting herbicide atrazine is contaminating nearly 25%, or about 860,000 miles, of all continental US rivers at levels that can harm wildlife and may threaten human health, a new review of federal records has found.

The waterways cover over 20% of surface drinking water intakes across the country, and over 675,000 private and commercial wells.

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