Photo: #California researcher Tyrone Hayes, who claims links between deformities found in frogs in Minnesota and the herbicide atrazine, spoke with doctors at the Mayo Clinic last January about potential links between cancer and atrazine.

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Atrazine, frogs, and public health


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His research on the effects of the herbicide atrazine on frogs has generated controversy and earned him enemies. Now Tyrone Hayes is expressing concerns about the link between atrazine and breast and prostate cancer.

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  • Tyrone Hayes: Amphibian endocrinologist and professor in the department of integrative biology at the University of California, Berkeley.

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