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Dr. Tyrone Hayes.
Photo courtesy of U.C. Berkeley. |
Please join Toxic Free
NC for…
From Silent Spring to Silent
Night
A presentation by Dr. Tyrone
Hayes on pesticides, the link between amphibian declines
and cancer, and what you should know.
Thursday, March 8th, 7PM
Mary Townes Science Center, NC Central University, Durham
Webcast available
Dr. Tyrone Hayes is a professor
at UC Berkeley whose groundbreaking research has linked very
low concentrations of the herbicide atrazine, a common water
contaminant in agricultural areas, to hermaphrodism and other
serious deformities in frogs. His research makes a compelling
case that pesticides are a major contributor to the decline
in amphibian populations across the country, and provides
vital background for new science connecting exposure to hormone-mimicking
pesticides like atrazine with serious human health problems
like prostate cancer, breast cancer and declining sperm count. His
story is also a chilling tale of corporate influence on the
scientific research that informs our nation’s laws
and regulations.
Born and raised in South Carolina,
Dr. Hayes became the unwitting star in the drama of atrazine’s
recent re-registration by the US EPA. While atrazine has
been banned or restricted in several European and African
countries because of health and environmental concerns, it
is still a very common herbicide in the U.S. – more
than 76 million pounds are applied in this country annually. Its
manufacturer, Syngenta, has fought hard to keep atrazine
on the market. It is used on two-thirds of American
corn and sorghum fields, 90 percent of sugar cane fields,
and also on residential lawns, golf courses and Christmas-tree
farms. Atrazine is a ubiquitous pollutant of ground and surface
water, especially in regions of heavy use in the Midwest
and Southeast, and contamination has been found as far as
600 miles away from the nearest site of application. Tyrone
Hayes persisted in publishing his research even in the face
of the manufacturer’s campaign to silence him.
We hope you can join us for Dr.
Hayes’s presentation at NC Central University in Durham
on Thursday, March 8th. He is an energetic and inspiring
speaker with a very important message to share about the
public’s stake in environmental decision-making, and
the need for an approach to chemical regulation based on
precaution. If you can’t make the presentation in Durham,
you can still hear his talk: Dr. Hayes’ presentation
will be available by webcast over the Internet live and for
several days afterwards. If you’re interested in joining
a local viewing of his talk, or in hosting one at your home,
organization, school or church, please contact Billie Karel
at (919) 833-1123, or at
.
Click
here for the most up-to-date information about the
event, and for links to Dr. Hayes’ published studies
and to curriculum modules based on his work.
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