Atrazine human health protection

USEPA (2002). Atrazine Revised Human Health Assessment for the Reregistration Eligibility Document (RED), Case No. (0062), Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, USA. 

BW daily for a 60-kg person. Both TRMC estimates are substantially below the proposed limit of 0.0375 mg/kg BW daily. Lifetime exposure to drinking water concentrations of 2.3 (xg atrazine/L poses negligible risk to human health, as judged by the no adverse effect level of 7.5 xg/L when 1% of the allowable daily intake is obtained from this source. Higher allowable concentrations are proposed over short periods 123.0 xg/L for adults and 35.0 jig/L for children, over a 10-day period. The proposed drinking water criterion to protect human health in Western Europe is <0.1 Jig/L. In the United States, it should not exceed 3.0 jig atrazine/L drinking water, although some authorities recommend less than 3.6 jig atrazine/L. 

In 1996 the United Kingdom, which was selected to conduct the scientific review of atrazine for the European Union (EU), concluded It is expected that the use of atrazine, consistent with good plant protection practice, will not have any harmful effects on human or animal health or any unacceptable effects on the environment (UK Rapporteur Monograph, 1996). In 2000, the United Kingdom for the European Commission also concluded it is not appropriate to classify atrazine as a carcinogen (UK Rapporteur Monograph, 2000). 

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