ATRAZINE AND THE ENVIRONMENT

ATRAZINE AND THE ENVIRONMENT features Tyrone Hayes, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Integrative Biology at the University of California, Berkeley, California, shares his landmark research on Atrazine the widely used herbicide in North America, and its disturbing effects on frogs, the environment, and on public health. Atrazine is used throughout the United States to control weeds in agricultural fields, residential lawns, Christmas tree farms, and, golf courses, despite evidence of its toxic nature. The Swiss company that manufactures Atrazine is a corporate partner with the University of California. They hired professor Hayes to study the effects of the herbicide. His research featured in this clip showed the devestating damage done to the environment, farmworkers and others when Atrazine is used commercially. The company attempted to prevent the publication of Professor Hayes' research in NATURE Magazine. This clip raises questions regarding the safety of herbicides, and the ethics and possible conflicts of interest that can occur when corporations "partner" with educational institutions like UC Berkeley. Please sign the petition to get Atrazine banned:
http://savethefrogs.com/atrazine-petition.
For more information go to www.californiadreamseries.org/rfc.htm or www.jedriffefilms.com

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• atrazine
• herbicides
• pesticides
• farmworkers
• amphibians
• frogs
• environment
• tadpoles
• agriulture
• sustainability
• ripe for change
• jed riffe
• emiko omori

[marysmom100]

Thank you.