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Googling "Tyrone Hayes" now shows an ad titled, Atrazine and Hayes - Academics Question Tyrone Hayes' Work. The ad links to the "official sounding" http://aca

Googling "Tyrone Hayes" now shows an ad titled, Atrazine and Hayes - Academics Question Tyrone Hayes' Work. The ad links to the "official sounding" http://academicsreview.org/ http://academicsreview.org/. That domain is privately registered by proxy and there is no information on the site itself regarding ownership. There are, however, clearly industry-supportive, but unattributed articles on a variety of topics, in addition to Mr. Hayes. Not sure if those were added for "credibility" or actually used in separate campaigns. This stuff is straight out ouf Hollywood, and it's the reason conspiracy theories thrive. Sometimes, and perhaps more often than we think, there really are people out to mislead us for their own gain.

tveita 13y ago
For what it's worth, I see no ads in the search right now, and a Wikipedia blurb saying "Tyrone B. Hayes is an American biologist at University of California, Berkeley. He is known for his research demonstrating that the herbicide atrazine is a potent endocrine disruptor that demasculinizes and feminizes frogs." A slight aside: "People also search for" contains Steven Milloy. His name autocompletes to "steven milloy is an idiot".
- unclebucknasty 13y ago
  Yeah, looks like the "Tyrone Hayes Not Credible" ad from the article is back in circulation for me. Maybe HNers exhausted the budget for the other one. This ad links to http://agsense.org/atrazine-alarmists/tyrone-hayes/ http://agsense.org/atrazine-alarmists/tyrone-hayes/ where the tagline is "Where farmers explain the real benefits of atrazine for healthy crops and healthy land". Awesome. Makes me want to drink an ice cold glass of it. Their page on Mr. Hayes leads off with an ad hominem attack: http://agsense.org/atrazine-alarmists/tyrone-hayes/ http://agsense.org/atrazine-alarmists/tyrone-hayes/
raphman 13y ago
Thanks. The founders of this site [1] are not anonymous, however, but a professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a lecturer at the University of Melbourne. Definitely a strange site containing quite crude ad hominem attacks on researchers [2]. The founders seem to be very outspoken about the benefits of genetically modified organisms, too, as Google searches indicate. [1] http://academicsreview.org/about-academic-review/founders/ http://academicsreview.org/about-academic-review/founders/ [2] http://academicsreview.org/reviewed-individuals/ http://academicsreview.org/reviewed-individuals/
- unclebucknasty 13y ago
  Thanks. Not sure how I missed that. Perhaps because my instinct is to check the footer for "about" links. I would still be curious about the registration. May reveal more interesting information...or not. I would also be curious about the founders and their "independent" non-profit--In particular, the source of their funding and support. From GMO to pesticides, they seem to absolutely love what the ag industry is doing. If I get a little more time to look into it, I will post back here.

tveita 13y ago

For what it's worth, I see no ads in the search right now, and a Wikipedia blurb saying "Tyrone B. Hayes is an American biologist at University of California, Berkeley. He is known for his research demonstrating that the herbicide atrazine is a potent endocrine disruptor that demasculinizes and feminizes frogs." A slight aside: "People also search for" contains Steven Milloy. His name autocompletes to "steven milloy is an idiot".

unclebucknasty 13y ago
Yeah, looks like the "Tyrone Hayes Not Credible" ad from the article is back in circulation for me. Maybe HNers exhausted the budget for the other one. This ad links to http://agsense.org/atrazine-alarmists/tyrone-hayes/ http://agsense.org/atrazine-alarmists/tyrone-hayes/ where the tagline is "Where farmers explain the real benefits of atrazine for healthy crops and healthy land". Awesome. Makes me want to drink an ice cold glass of it. Their page on Mr. Hayes leads off with an ad hominem attack: http://agsense.org/atrazine-alarmists/tyrone-hayes/ http://agsense.org/atrazine-alarmists/tyrone-hayes/

raphman 13y ago

Thanks. The founders of this site [1] are not anonymous, however, but a professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a lecturer at the University of Melbourne. Definitely a strange site containing quite crude ad hominem attacks on researchers [2]. The founders seem to be very outspoken about the benefits of genetically modified organisms, too, as Google searches indicate. [1] http://academicsreview.org/about-academic-review/founders/ http://academicsreview.org/about-academic-review/founders/ [2] http://academicsreview.org/reviewed-individuals/ http://academicsreview.org/reviewed-individuals/

unclebucknasty 13y ago
Thanks. Not sure how I missed that. Perhaps because my instinct is to check the footer for "about" links. I would still be curious about the registration. May reveal more interesting information...or not. I would also be curious about the founders and their "independent" non-profit--In particular, the source of their funding and support. From GMO to pesticides, they seem to absolutely love what the ag industry is doing. If I get a little more time to look into it, I will post back here.