CHAZY, N.Y. — Miner Institute welcomes Dr. Joe Schwarcz for a talk on Thursday, April 20 at 7 p.m. at the Joseph C. Burke Education and Research Center at Miner Institute, 586 Ridge Road, Chazy, NY. Dr. Schwarcz will give a talk as part of Miner Institute’s Agriculture in Society Speaker Series titled: Agriculture Myths and Facts. The event is free and open to the public.
Dr. Joe Schwarcz is Director of McGill University’s “Office for Science and Society.” He is well known for his informative and entertaining public lectures on topics ranging from the chemistry of love to the science of aging. Dr. Schwarcz has received numerous awards for teaching chemistry and for interpreting science for the public and is the only non-American ever to win the American Chemical Society’s prestigious Grady-Stack Award for demystifying chemistry. He hosts “The Dr. Joe Show” on Montreal’s CJAD and has appeared hundreds of times on The Discovery Channel, CTV, CBC, TV Ontario and Global Television. Dr. Schwarcz also writes a newspaper column entitled “The Right Chemistry” and has authored a number of books.
Pesticides, fungicides and herbicides are all potentially toxic substances, but that does not mean they cannot be used safely. Without the proper use of these chemicals we have no real hope of feeding the increasing world population. Dr. Shcwarcz will break down the science for us. The talk will be followed by a Q & A session.
For more information about the April 20 event, contact Rachel at dutil@whminer.com or call 518-846-7121, ext. 115.
—Miner Institute
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