Chemical Study Becomes A Tale of Conspiracy And Paranoia
Tyrone Hayes, a biology professor at the University of California, Berkeley, has spent the past 15 years to studying the adverse effects of atrazine, a common herbicide used in the U.S. For much of that time, Hayes believed he was being watched and closely followed by Syngenta, the Swiss company that produces the chemical, in an effort to discredit his findings. Audie Cornish talks to <em>New Yorker</em> reporter Rachel Aviv for more.
The former bouncer for the Rolling Stones answers three questions about the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative, which was involved in sports doping scandals. <em>Originally broadcast Aug. 11, 2007.</em>