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Common Weedkiller Chemically Castrates Frogs; Turns Males Into Females

Atrazine, one of the world’s most widely used herbicides, is ...

Tue 2 Mar 10 from Discover Magazine

Sex-Changing Herbicide Makes Amphibians Sick, Too

Atrazine is receiving lots of attention for turning male frogs into girls, but that’s not all the common herbicide does. It also weakens amphibian immune systems, leaving the fragile creatures ...

Tue 2 Mar 10 from Wired Science

Weedkiller 'makes boy frogs lay eggs'

One of the most common weed killers in the world, atrazine, can chemically castrate male frogs, turning them into females that lay eggs say US researchers.

Tue 2 Mar 10 from ABC Science

Pesticide atrazine can turn male frogs into females

Atrazine, one of the world's most widely used pesticides, wreaks havoc with the sex lives of adult male frogs, emasculating three-quarters of them and turning one in 10 into females, according ...

Mon 1 Mar 10 from PhysOrg

Common weedkiller turns male frogs into females

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Atrazine, one of the most commonly used and controversial weedkillers, can turn male frogs into females, researchers reported on Monday.

Wed 3 Mar 10 from Reuters

Common weedkiller turns male frogs into females, Tue 2 Mar 10 from Reuters

Common weedkiller turns male frogs into females, Mon 1 Mar 10 from Reuters

LGBTF? Pesticide Turns Male Frogs into Females

Common pesticide atrazine can turn male frogs into females that are successfully able to reproduce, a new study finds.

Tue 2 Mar 10 from FOXNews

Weed Killer Makes Male Frogs Lay Eggs

One of the most common weed killers in the United States can transform male frogs into fully functional females, a new study says.

Tue 2 Mar 10 from National Geographic

Pesticide Turns Male Frogs into Females

The pesticide atrazine can turn male frogs into females that are able to mate and successfully reproduce

Mon 1 Mar 10 from Livescience