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In reply to the discussion: Roundup’s Glyphosate, Found in 100% of California Wines Tested [View all]PatSeg
(47,352 posts)Most of what I've heard about him, came from derisive comments on threads like this. If his credibility is questionable for me, it would be because people have called him names while trying to fulfill some agenda. It is a very effective tactic, I must say, as I find that I unconsciously respond negatively when I see his name, even though I really know very little about him. (Please to not feel compelled to provide me links about the man. If I was to support Mercola, I would investigate him on my own.)
I did check out Dr. Don Huber who is mentioned in the article and his credentials are rather impressive. So I should disregard Huber, because people tell me that Mercola is a fraud or a quack, which he may be? But I am not ready to assume that Huber is also because some posters on an Internet forum tell me it is so and repeatedly post links to the Genetic Literacy Project, a corporate sponsored foundation meant to discredit anyone who questions GMOs and glyphosate.
<Dr. Huber is Professor Emeritus of Plant Pathology at Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN. He received B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University of Idaho (1957, 1959), a Ph-D from Michigan State University (1963), and is a graduate of the US Army Command & General Staff College and Industrial College of the Armed Forces. He was Cereal Pathologist at the University of Idaho for 8 years before joining the Department of Botany & Plant Pathology at Purdue University in 1971.
His agricultural research the past 50 years has focused on the epidemiology and control of soilborne plant pathogens with emphasis on microbial ecology, cultural and biological controls, and physiology of hostparasite relationships. Research also includes nitrogen metabolism, micronutrient physiology, inhibition of nitrification, and nutrient-disease interactions.
In addition to his academic positions and research, Dr. Huber has had several concurrent careers including 14 years as a professional labor-relations mediator with 7 years service on the Indiana Education Employment Relations Board as a Mediatory/Fact Finder/Conciliator, and served 12 years on two school boards with recognition as a Master Board Member from the Indiana School Board Association and Honesty in Public Service Award from Taxpayers United For Fairness. He retired in 1995 as Associate Director of the Armed Forces Medical Intelligence Center (Colonel) after 41+ years of active and reserve military service.
He has received various awards for his scientific accomplishments and contributions to government. Dr. Huber is an active scientific reviewer; international research cooperator with projects in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Denmark, Germany, Japan, Mexico, and Russia; and a consultant to academia, industry, and government. He is author or co-author of over 300 journal articles, Experiment Station Bulletins, research presentations, book chapters and review articles; 3 books, and 84 special invited publications. He is internationally recognized for his expertise in the development of nitrification inhibitors to improve the efficiency of N fertilizers, interactions of the form of nitrogen, manganese and other nutrients in disease, herbicide-nutrient-disease interactions, techniques for rapid microbial identification, and cultural control of plant diseases.>
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