Speaking of herbicides/pesitcides and Roundup, etc...............
Breast Cancer Link: Common Herbicide Disrupts Human Hormone
Breast Cancer Link: Common Herbicide Disrupts Human Hormone
atrazine
atrazine: Definition from Answers.com
The genes AtzA-C have been found to be highly conserved in atrazine degrading organisms worldwide. This could be due to the mass transfer of AtzA-C on a global scale. In Pseudomonas sp. ADP, the atz genes are located non-contiguously on a plasmid with mercury catabolism genes as well. This plasmid is conjugatable to Gram negative bacteria in the lab and could easily lead to the worldwide distribution with the amount of atrazine and mercury being produced. AtzA-C have also been found in a Gram positive bacterium, but chromosomally located.[4] This is not surprising due to the presence of insertion elements flanking each gene and the detection of these genes on different plasmids. Their configurations on these different plasmids suggest the insertion elements are involved in the assembly of this specialized catabolic pathway.[2] Two options exist for degradation of atrazine using microbes: bioaugmentation or biostimulation.[2]
I'll have to find the posting from earlier regarding Roundup, also the posts regarding hormone involvement. Looks like a two-in-one to me.
Kritts