Hacker News with Generative AI: Herbicides

Study reveals lasting effects of common herbicide on brain health (medicalxpress.com)
The human brain is an incredibly adaptable organ, often able to heal itself even from significant trauma. Yet for the first time, new research shows even brief contact with a common herbicide can cause lasting damage to the brain, which may persist long after direct exposure ends.
Destructive weed, found in New York state, resists common herbicides (phys.org)
The invasive pigweed Palmer amaranth, first found in New York soybean fields in 2019, has been dubbed the "spotted lanternfly of weeds" for its ability to spread quickly and wreak havoc on crops.
Atrazine, an endocrine-disrupting herbicide banned in EU, is widely used in US (usrtk.org)