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The chemical is atrazine and it tests it did turn frogs from male to female. We can quibble over whether or not dosage matters but I think it should also be uncontroversial that using a chemical that disrupts hormones like that should not be used on food that we consume.

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Is there a website that shows the chemicals and their allowed/disallowed uses by country?

Would love to see the differences.

I cannot imagine we'd have many chemicals left if we banned any that caused a hormone change in non-human biology.

It is silly to be worried about things because the talking heads on the radio and tv told you to be afraid or worse because read it on the internet.

The company that makes atrazine (an aromatase promoter) knows that it causes increases in cancer in humans. That's why they (under other names) also sell cancer drugs that work by being aromatase inhibitors. They'll sell the poison and then sell you the "cure".

If you don't trust talking heads on TV or radio, what about scientists on youtube? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu0IXMTFY9Q

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