Another Extra Credit Option: Teal Lecture TH 4/16

Attend Thursday's lecture and post about its relation to issues in Michael Pollin's The Omnivore's Dilemma and any related ideas from class or the CAG exhibition.

4/16 Teale Lecture: A Tale of Toads & Men-Tyrone Hayes

• Dr. Tyrone Hayes, Professor of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, will give a talk entitled “From Silent Spring to Silent Night—A Tale of Toads & Men” for the University of Connecticut’s Edwin Way Teale Lecture Series on Nature and the Environment. The talk will take place on Thursday, April 16, 4 pm at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, Konover Auditorium, at UConn. The lecture is free and open to the public.
  
  The herbicide atrazine chemically castrates and feminizes exposed male amphibians. The exposure results in neural damage and hyperactivity, induces a hormonal stress response that leads to retarded growth and development, and immune suppression. The immune suppression results in increased disease rates and mortality. Though multiple factors contribute to amphibian declines, pesticides likely play an important role. Observations demonstrate the critical impact that pesticides have on both environmental and public health. In particular, ethnic minorities and lower socio-economic communities are at risk from pesticides as they are more likely to live in contaminated communities, work in occupations that increase hazard exposure, and are less likely to have educational and healthcare access.
  
  The Edwin Way Teale Lecture Series brings leading scholars and scientists to the University of Connecticut to present public lectures on nature and the environment. The lectures are open to the public and do not require registration. For additional information please call 860.486.4460 or visit http://doddcenter.uconn.edu/asc/events/teale/teale.htm
  For more information, contact: Natural History Museum at 860.486.4460

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