What is Atrazine?
CAS#: 001912-24-9
Atrazine is an herbicide that does not occur naturally. Pure
atrazine is an odorless, white powder that is not very volatile,
reactive, or flammable and that will dissolve in water.
Atrazine is used to kill weeds, primarily on farms, but has
also been used on highway and railroad rights-of-way. The EPA
now restricts how atrazine can be used and applied; only trained
people are allowed to spray it.
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Interaction Profile
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effects information for mixtures of hazardous substances.
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The MRL is an estimate of the daily human exposure to a hazardous substance that is likely to be without appreciable risk of adverse, non-cancer health effects over a specified duration of exposure. The information in this MRL serves as a screening tool to help public health professionals decide where to look more closely to evaluate possible risk of adverse health effects from human exposure.
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National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental
Chemicals
Provides an ongoing assessment of the exposure of the U.S.
population to environmental chemicals using biomonitoring.
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Public Health Statement
Summary about a hazardous substance taken from Chapter One
of its respective ATSDR Toxicological Profile.
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ToxFAQ
Fact sheet that answers the most frequently asked questions
about a contaminant and its health effects.
- ToxFAQs: Chemical Agent Briefing Sheets (CABS)
Briefing sheets that provide current and relevant scientific information on specific high profile chemicals
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Toxicological Profile
Succinctly characterizes the toxicologic and adverse health
effects information for a hazardous substance.
