The article reports on the dispute between biologist and faculty member Tyrone Hayes of the University of California, Berkeley and herbicide atrazine producer Sygenta. It says that the dispute started when Hayes' researches on atrazine has showed its adverse effects on human health and the environment. It mentions that due to Haye's racy and taunting electronic mails (e-mails) to Sygenta, the company filed an ethics complaint against the top officials of the university on July 19, 2010.
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Dalton, Rex; Source Info: 8/19/2010, Vol. 466 Issue 7309, p913; Subject Term: UNIVERSITIES & colleges -- Complaints against; Subject Term: ELECTRONIC mail messages; Subject Term: ATRAZINE; Subject Term: ENVIRONMENTAL aspects; Subject Term: UNIVERSITY of California, Berkeley -- Faculty; Subject Term: MORAL & ethical aspects; Subject Term: BERKELEY (Calif.); Subject Term: CALIFORNIA; Company/Entity: SYGENTA (Company); NAICS/Industry Codes: 611310 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; People: HAYES, Tyrone; Number of Pages: 1p; Document Type: Article