Atrazine is a pre-and post-emergence herbicide used in controlling annual grasses and broad-leaf weeds in crops such as maize, sorghum and sugarcane. Atrazine acts as a puberty blocker and a sex changer by interfering with hormonal pathways, particularly through inducing aromatase, disrupting the HPG axis, and reducing testosterone levels. These effects have been observed in both amphibians and mammals, making atrazine a significant endocrine disruptor that impacts reproductive development across species and causing cancers in mammals. This justifies the outright ban on the herbicide ATRAZINE by Nigeria’s NAFDAC.
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