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The For more than a decade, the Hudson Institute published an article in 1999 defending the weed killer [[atrazine]], manufactured by [[Syngenta]]. The article, writte has helped fight further review by Alex Avery, was titled "Is Atrazine Killing Kids - Or Saving Humanity" It attacked the [[Environmental Working Group]] (EWG) for pointing out EPA of the lack safety of consideration given by regulatory agencies to atrazine's endocrine effects. EWG published an article on June 30, 1999, titled "Into the Mouths of Babes: Bottle-fed Infants at Risk from Atrazine in Tap Water."<ref>Molly Evans, Environmental Working Group popular herbicide [[http://www.ewg.org/book/export/html/25728 Into the Mouths of Babes: Bottle-fed Infants at Risk from Atrazine in Tap Wateratrazine]], Report, June 30, 1999</ref><ref>Alex A. Avery, Hudson Institute [http://www.hudson.org/index.cfm? Is Atrazine Killing Kids - Or Saving Humanityfuseaction=publication_details&id=350], article, July 30, 1999</ref>

On March 1In 1999, the Hudson Institute published an article defending the weed killer [[atrazine]], manufactured by [[Syngenta]]. The article, written by Alex Avery, Director of Research for the Institute, was titled "Is Atrazine Killing Kids - Or Saving Humanity" It attacked the [[Environmental Working Group]] (EWG) for pointing out the lack of consideration given by regulatory agencies to atrazine's endocrine effects. EWG published an article on June 30, 1999, 2010titled "Into the Mouths of Babes: Bottle-fed Infants at Risk from Atrazine in Tap Water."<ref>Molly Evans, Environmental Working Group [http://www.ewg.org/book/export/html/25728 Into the Mouths of Babes: Bottle-fed Infants at Risk from Atrazine in Tap Water], Report, June 30, 1999</ref><ref>Alex A. Avery, Hudson Institute helped attack [http://www.hudson.org/index.cfm? Is Atrazine Killing Kids - Or Saving Humanityfuseaction=publication_details&id=350], article, July 30, 1999</ref>  In 2006, when the Natural Resources Defense Council grew concerned about the levels of atrazine in drinking water and in open surface water systems, saying it was is a concern for wildlife,Alex Avery responded by saying: "The witch-hunt against atrazine has been perpetrated for more than a decade by the [[Natural Resources Defense Council]] and discredit they will not take no for an answer." <ref>Iowa Public Television [http://www.iptv.org/mtom/story.cfm/lead/4092/mtom_20091106_3510_lead EPA Opens Comments for Atrazine Review], November 6, 2009</ref> In 2002, University of California Berkeley professor Dr. Tyrone Hayespublished a study titled "Atrazine-Induced Hermaphroditism at 0.1 ppb in American Leopard Frogs (Rana pipiens): Laboratory and Field Evidence, who " which alleged that atrazine causes endocrine disruption had contaminated waterways and was causing hermaphroditism in frogs. <ref>Tyrone Hayes, Kelly Haston, Mable Tsui, Anhthu Hoang, Cathryn Haeffele, and Aaron Vonk [http://ehp03.niehs.nih.gov/article/fetchArticle.action?articleURI=info%3Adoi%2F10.1289%2Fehp.5932 Atrazine-Induced Hermaphroditism at 0.1 PPB in amphibiansAmerican Frogs (Rana pipiens): Laboratory and Field Evidence], research study, Environmental Health Perspectives, October 23, 2002</ref> The report drew attacks on Dr. Hayes's credibility, which some believe are linked to the manufacturer of atrazine, [[Syngenta]].<ref>Goldie Blumenstyk [http://www.mindfully.org/Pesticide/2003/Syngenta-Tyrone-Hayes31oct03.htm The Story of Syngenta & Tyrone Hayes at UC Berkeley: The Price of Research -- A Berkeley Scientist Says a Corporate Sponsor Tried to Bury his Unwelcome Findings and Then Buy His Silence], ''The Chronicle of Higher Education'', by issuing October 31, 2003</ref> On March 1, 2010, the Hudson Institute helped attack and discredit Hayes. The Institute issued a press release, titled "No New Findings in Atrazine Study Promoted by Discredited Researcher, According to the Hudson Institute Center for Global Food Issues."<ref>Hudson Institute/PRNewswire [http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/no-new-findings-in-atrazine-study-promoted-by-discredited-researcher-according-to-the-hudson-institute-center-for-global-food-issues-85852412.html No New Findings in Atrazine Study Promoted by Discredited Researcher, According to the Hudson Institute Center for Global Food Issues], press release, March 1, 2010</ref> According to the Hudson Institute’s Dennis T. Avery and Alex Avery, if farmers lose the ability to use atrazine, “it will mean higher food costs, more soil erosion, less sustainable farming, and more environmental degradation. It’ll mean putting more of our farming eggs in fewer baskets.” <ref>Brett Schubert [http://www.nasda.org/cms/7197/9060/25492/25533.aspx?newsletter=true AG Groups Unite in Support of Atrazine], news release, January 26, 2010</ref>