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In reply to the discussion: "Like Your Most Paranoid, Far-Out Conspiratorial Left-Wing Nightmare," But It's True... [View all]proverbialwisdom
(4,959 posts)105. MUST SEE: Tyrone Hayes + Penelope Jagessar Chaffer: The toxic baby
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Feb 11
Hear Tyrone Hayes discuss #Syngenta attacks with @kvetchingguru http://b4uleap.org/2013/07/29/when-corporations-attack/ and watch our talk http://on.ted.com/ToxicBaby #tedtalks
Hear Tyrone Hayes discuss #Syngenta attacks with @kvetchingguru http://b4uleap.org/2013/07/29/when-corporations-attack/ and watch our talk http://on.ted.com/ToxicBaby #tedtalks
http://www.ted.com/talks/tyrone_hayes_penelope_jagessar_chaffer_the_toxic_baby.html
Tyrone Hayes + Penelope Jagessar Chaffer: The toxic baby
FILMED DEC 2010 POSTED FEB 2012 TEDWomen 2010
Filmmaker Penelope Jagessar Chaffer was curious about the chemicals she was exposed to while pregnant: Could they affect her unborn child? So she asked scientist Tyrone Hayes to brief her on one he studied closely: atrazine, a herbicide used on corn. (Hayes, an expert on amphibians, is a critic of atrazine, which displays a disturbing effect on frog development.) Onstage together at TEDWomen, Hayes and Chaffer tell their story.
Tyrone Hayes studies frogs and amphibians -- and the effects on their bodies of common farming chemicals. Full bio »
Penelope Jagessar Chaffer made the film "Toxic Baby," exploring environmental toxins through interviews and surreal imagery. Full bio »
Tyrone Hayes + Penelope Jagessar Chaffer: The toxic baby
FILMED DEC 2010 POSTED FEB 2012 TEDWomen 2010
Filmmaker Penelope Jagessar Chaffer was curious about the chemicals she was exposed to while pregnant: Could they affect her unborn child? So she asked scientist Tyrone Hayes to brief her on one he studied closely: atrazine, a herbicide used on corn. (Hayes, an expert on amphibians, is a critic of atrazine, which displays a disturbing effect on frog development.) Onstage together at TEDWomen, Hayes and Chaffer tell their story.
Tyrone Hayes studies frogs and amphibians -- and the effects on their bodies of common farming chemicals. Full bio »
Penelope Jagessar Chaffer made the film "Toxic Baby," exploring environmental toxins through interviews and surreal imagery. Full bio »
http://b4uleap.org/2013/07/29/when-corporations-attack/
When Corporations Attack
July 29, 2013
Eveline Lubbers studies corporate campaigns to undermine human rights and environmental activists. We speak to her, and to Dr. Tyrone Hayes, who has been the subject of attacks by a leading pesticide company after his studies showed that their blockbuster chemical feminizes male frogs.
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When Corporations Attack
July 29, 2013
Eveline Lubbers studies corporate campaigns to undermine human rights and environmental activists. We speak to her, and to Dr. Tyrone Hayes, who has been the subject of attacks by a leading pesticide company after his studies showed that their blockbuster chemical feminizes male frogs.
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"Like Your Most Paranoid, Far-Out Conspiratorial Left-Wing Nightmare," But It's True... [View all]
Hissyspit
Feb 2014
OP
Glad to hear that one ground breaking scientist will escape with his reputation intact.
truedelphi
Feb 2014
#2
In their respective fields, Andrew Wakefield or Arpad Pusztai come to mind. Take it to the bank.
proverbialwisdom
Feb 2014
#18
Didn't Andrew Wakefield fabricate a research paper purporting to show a link between the MMR vaccine
EOTE
Feb 2014
#44
Don't you know about the ongoing libel suit? Read up here, including comments (some, not all).
proverbialwisdom
Feb 2014
#114
The anti-vaccine garbage has been debunked countless times yet they still cling to it.
EOTE
Feb 2014
#56
I thought you were trying to say that I advocated that crap, which isn't true.
reusrename
Feb 2014
#100
Or, "Our stories, our successes, our anecdotes are the first step in the scientific process."
proverbialwisdom
Feb 2014
#104
I once tried to correct a very damaging and erroneuous section of commentary
truedelphi
Feb 2014
#66
What seems like a branding process results in opinions which appear intransigent regardless of facts
proverbialwisdom
Feb 2014
#78
What does Carl Sagan have to do with this story of a scientist being surveilled and smeared for
El_Johns
Feb 2014
#109
Sounds exactly like the smear campaign against Greenwald. I actually recognize some of the talking
sabrina 1
Feb 2014
#4
Yes it is, exactly the same. Which means they are hiring these think tanks/security contractors to
sabrina 1
Feb 2014
#72
The Center for Media and Democracy is capable, experienced and relentless sabrina 1
bobthedrummer
Feb 2014
#77
Wow, those are all great sites, bobthedrummer. I wonder if they have been posted in the
sabrina 1
Feb 2014
#92
Yes, I'm a drummer with 2 kits in my apartment (Tama & Ludwig) I've always had an ear for rhythm
bobthedrummer
Feb 2014
#103
There was supposed to be an investigation into that whole despicable scheme, which some Dems called
sabrina 1
Feb 2014
#36
Hank Johnson, that's who I was trying to think of. And Conyers among others, and yet, nothing has
sabrina 1
Feb 2014
#68
This paragraph is almost exactly what the Greenwald smear campaign described in the HB Gary emails
sabrina 1
Feb 2014
#110
Wow. We keep saying 'Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you'
ck4829
Feb 2014
#32
As I'm reading the article (phenomenal read, btw) I'm casting the upcoming film ...
brett_jv
Feb 2014
#43
Think we would be a lot healthier country if USA used the EU banned chemical list.
Sunlei
Feb 2014
#57
They are soulless monsters imo, not human, lacking all the elements that give someone the right to
sabrina 1
Feb 2014
#69
Standard practice, I assume: to monitor and attack anything which might hurt their profits.
El_Johns
Feb 2014
#111
K&R But it's like every time they are caught doing this kind of thing, people's reactions
Egalitarian Thug
Feb 2014
#88
I know, we get excited when we see these exposures, hoping that finally, something will be done
sabrina 1
Feb 2014
#95
That's terrible, and conspiratorial, but no, it's not nearly as paranoid and far out...
Silent3
Feb 2014
#108
Cost benefit analysis measured in dollars and cents an NO sense. The EPA needs a mission infusion.
LiberalAndProud
Feb 2014
#112
Syngenta, DuPont Pioneer and Agrigenetics Inc. sue county of Kauai, HI.
proverbialwisdom
Feb 2014
#115
More Syngenta news: "Cargill to reject for export crops with new GMO Syngenta corn trait."
proverbialwisdom
Feb 2014
#117