Some of us have the misperception that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is there to protect us (the people) and the environments in which we live. However, governmental organizations such as this are constantly compromising in favor of economic forces. The Swiss herbicide, Atrazine, is applied to an estimated seventy-five percent of cornfields in the US.

In spite of mounting data suggesting adverse affects on male wildlife, the EPA has defended its application for the past five years. Potomac River male fish and frogs have been demonstrated to become feminized, that latter even functioning sexually as females. Moreover, recent studies have demonstrated development of female characteristics in birds, rats, fish and frogs.

The EPA is finally starting to acknowledge work by researchers in the US, most recently from a team led by Dr. Tyrone Hayes at UC Berkeley, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Meanwhile, to protect your developing male children and your adult virility, consider the risk associated with consuming non-organic corn. The EPA sure isn’t watching out for you.