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Why Profane Emails from Atrazine Scientist Tyrone Hayes Are Important

By Sue Schulte · 13 years ago

Syngenta, the primary maker of atrazine, recently filed a complaint with UC-Berkeley, citing years of profane and threatening emails from its anti-atrazine researcher Tyrone Hayes. The company released a 102-page document of the e-mails that ...

Science and Health Scientist Addresses Cancer Concerns Related to Atrazine

By Sue Schulte · 13 years ago

Elizabeth Whelan, President of the American Council on Science and Health (ACSH) posted a great entry on ACSH’s Health Facts and Fears blog on the growing attempts by activist groups to convince the EPA to ...

U of I Atrazine Study Shows Ban Would Hurt Midwest Producers

By Sue Schulte · 13 years ago

A study at the University of Illinois aims at showing how important atrazine is to crops in the Midwest. The study looked at 175 sweet corn fields in the Midwest. "While the vast majority of ...

Atrazine Lawsuits Still a Battle in Illinois

By Sue Schulte · 13 years ago

As growing season approaches, all of us at the Kansas Corn Growers Association can’t help but follow the lawsuits in Madison County, Illinois against atrazine manufacturers and retailers. The state of Illinois, much like Kansas, ...

Stenholm, NRDC Spar on Atrazine

By Sue Schulte · 13 years ago

Former Representative Charles Stenholm published an opinion piece in The Hill on March 23, questioning the administration's handling of energy and agriculture issues, including atrazine. NRDC responded, and spurred a response from Rep. Stenholm. See ...

Atrazine and Frogs - Tyrone Hayes..Back in the Spotlight Again!

By Sue Schulte · 14 years ago

In the spotlight he craves once again, activist-scientist Tyrone Hayes released yet another study this week online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) on the effects of the herbicide atrazine on ...