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- noun The
heterocyclic organic compound 3-amino-1,2,4-triazole (3-AT), sometimes used as aherbicide (but not, because of itscarcinogenic properties, onfood crops ).
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Examples
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The berries had been dusted with a weed-killer called aminotriazole, which caused cancer in rats.
Serious Eats 2008
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DDT and aminotriazole have been shown to cause cancer in animals at high doses, but thousands of chemicals proposed as carcinogens remain untested.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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DDT and aminotriazole have been shown to cause cancer in animals at high doses, but thousands of chemicals proposed as carcinogens remain untested.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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DDT and aminotriazole have been shown to cause cancer in animals at high doses, but thousands of chemicals proposed as carcinogens remain untested.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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"But the irony is that back in 1959 people were afraid to eat cranberry sauce because trace levels of aminotriazole (which caused cancer in rodents) was found in the cranberry bogs ... but it was still fine to smoke cigarettes!"
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Humans would have to aminotriazole are found on eat 15,000# of cranberries cranberries in Oregon.
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1959 - During a 10-week period leading up to Thanksgiving, the FDA recalled cranberry crops that may have been exposed to a weed killer, aminotriazole, which was known to cause cancer.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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