Birdwatch Note
2024-07-23 23:46:20 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING
While atrazine and other endocrine-disrupting chemicals can have significant effects on the sexual development of certain animal species, there is no scientific basis for the claim that these chemicals are “turning frogs gay” or affecting human sexual orientation. https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/28/robert-f-kennedy-jr/no-evidence-atrazine-in-the-water-supply-is-causin/ https://read.dukeupress.edu/environmental-humanities/article/14/3/661/319761/Theorizing-the-Gay-Frog https://news.berkeley.edu/2010/03/01/frogs/ https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/13/politics/robert-kennedy-jr-chemicals-water-children-frogs/index.html http://npic.orst.edu/factsheets/atrazine.html#whatis https://www.epa.gov/caddis/herbicides https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1281309/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2842049/
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- While atrazine and other endocrine-disrupting chemicals can have significant effects on the sexual development of certain animal species, there is no scientific basis for the claim that these chemicals are “turning frogs gay” or affecting human sexual orientation. https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/28/robert-f-kennedy-jr/no-evidence-atrazine-in-the-water-supply-is-causin/ https://read.dukeupress.edu/environmental-humanities/article/14/3/661/319761/Theorizing-the-Gay-Frog https://news.berkeley.edu/2010/03/01/frogs/ https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/13/politics/robert-kennedy-jr-chemicals-water-children-frogs/index.html http://npic.orst.edu/factsheets/atrazine.html#whatis https://www.epa.gov/caddis/herbicides https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1281309/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2842049/