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Weedkillers disrupt reproduction

Research by a team led by Warren Porter of University of Wisconsin-Madison on off-the-shelf weedkillers widely used by farmers and gardeners found that very low chemical levels disrupted animal reproductive systems. This through drinking water contaminated with low dosage of 0.039 parts per million of phenoxyacid derivative, this level a mere one seventh of the US Environmental Protection Agencies recommended limit.

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