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==Milloy and the atrazine issue==
In an August 6, 2008 letter, Milloy sought a $15,000 grant from [[Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc.]] to work behind the scenes on a "atrazine stewardship cost benefit analysis project." Beth Carroll at Syngenta asked Milloy to send an invoice to the company for the amount, but asked him change the wording from "'''atrazine''' stewardship cost benefit analysis project" to "'''pesticide''' stewardship cost benefit analysis project." Milloy did so, and instructed Carroll to "send the check to me as usual." The final amount Syngenta gave Milloy for the project was $25,000. [[Sherry Ford]], a PR and spokesperson for Syngenta, helpfully asked if Milloy needed talking points on atrazine. Milloy responded via email:
<blockquote> Hi Sherry,<br>
Beth Carroll said that you had some Atrazine talking points for me. Would love to see them. Thanks, Steve<ref>Atrazine Exposed Documents [http://sourcewatch.org/images/c/c3/PR_Exhibits_Per_Mudge_Order_071511_Part6.pdf PR Exhibits Per Mudge Order 071511], documents ordered released by Madison County Court, accessed January 20, 2012</ref></blockquote>
At the time, Milloy was working through the [[National Center for Public Policy Research]].
Milloy has engaged in sustained attacks on [[Tyrone Hayes]], Ph.D., a developmental endocrinologist and a professor at the University of California Berkeley's Department of Integrative Biology who studies the role of steroid hormones in amphibian development.<ref>University of California, Berkeley, Department of Integrative Biology [http://ib.berkeley.edu/research/interests/research_profile.php?person=85 Tyrone B. Hayes, Professor], biosketch/work description, University website, accessed January 20, 2012</ref>
In 2002, Dr. Hayes published several studies on [[atrazine]] in the environment and its effects on amphibians' sexual development. One of the studies, titled "Atrazine-Induced Hermaphroditism at 0.1 ppb in American Leopard Frogs (Rana pipiens): Laboratory and Field Evidence," alleged that atrazine contamination in waterways 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 American Frogs (Rana pipiens): Laboratory and Field Evidence], research study, Environmental Health Perspectives, October 23, 2002</ref> A second article, titled [http://www.pnas.org/content/99/8/5476.abstract Hermaphroditic, demasculinized frogs after exposure to the herbicide atrazine at low ecologically relevant doses], concluded that atrazine in the environment could be affecting the sexual development of male frogs by interfering with the frogs' testosterone. Hayes and his research team hypothesized that atrazine in the environment was causing the frogs' testosterone to convert to estrogen. Dr. Hayes' credibility subsequently came under attack from various sources, including Steve Milloy, junkscience.com, and the [[Hudson Institute]], which received funding from [[Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc.]], Syngenta's U.S. arm. Hudson's 2002 Annual Report lists [[Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc.|Syngenta Crop Protection]] as a member of Hudson's "President's Circle," a title the organization confers on significant financial supporters.<ref>Hudson Institute [http://www.hudson.org/files/publications/Hudson2002AnnualReportFinal.pdf Hudson Institute 2002 Annual Report], (pdf) Annual report, accessed January 19, 2012</ref> Dr. Hayes linked these attacks to the manufacturer of atrazine, [[Syngenta]], who was a prominent funder of the Hudson Institute.<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'', October 31, 2003</ref>
Milloy calls Hayes' work "faulty science" and keeps a list on his website of Hayes' "victims." Milloy writes that Hayes has a history of not following good laboratory practices and that keeps his data secret, among other accusations. <ref>Steve Milloy [http://junkscience.com/tyrone-hayes/ Tyrone Hayes], defamatory website, accessed January 20, 2012</ref> In response to Hayes' articles published in 2002, Milloy wrote an article called "Frog Study Leaps to Conclusions" that called Hayes' study results an "eco-horror claim," and casts doubt on Hayes' conclusions.<ref>Steve Milloy [http://junkscience.com/tyrone-hayes/ Tyrone Hayes], organizational website, accessed January 20, 2012</ref>
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In January 2006, Paul D. Thacker, a journalist who specializes in science, medicine and environmental topics, reported in ''The New Republic'' that Milloy has received thousands of dollars in payments from the [[Phillip Morris]] company since the early nineties, and that NGOs controlled by Milloy have received large payments from [[ExxonMobil]] [https://ssl.tnr.com/p/docsub.mhtml?i=20060206&s=thacker020606]. A spokesperson for [[Fox News]] stated, "Fox News was unaware of Milloy's connection with Philip Morris. Any affiliation he had should have been disclosed."
==Milloy the Lobbyist==
