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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Charles Duhigg / The Bulletin
August 23, 2009
For decades, farmers, lawn care workers and professional green thumbs have relied on the popular weed killer atrazine to protect their crops, golf courses and manicured lawns.
But atrazine often washes into water supplies and has become among the most common contaminants in American reservoirs....