Did Berkeley Defund a High-Profile Pesticide Researcher?
The company’s most ironic idea, considering the news that came down this week: Syngenta entertained offering to “cut him [Hayes] in on unlimited research funds,” presumably if he iagreed to lay off on the atrazine research. Rather than basking in unlimited research funds, Hayes now finds himself with no funds at all. He sees a possible link to the Syngenta controversy, the Chronicle reports: “Mr. Hayes said he believes some Berkeley officials, including Graham R. Fleming, vice chancellor for research, may have joined in efforts to penalize him out of a desire to protect a $25-million, five-year research agreement between Berkeley and Novartis, a parent company of Syngenta.” Berkeley officials deny this allegation—and they claim that the university hasn’t moved to cut funds from Hayes at all.
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by Tom Philpott, Mother Jones.