hast turns out syngenta been a longtime supporter of her organization.our comments on her remarks? >> again, they are paid remarks. one of the disheartening things in this process -- it is one thing to be an academic and argue about these points, but these people did not have an opinion. they were written by the manufacturer, and they were paid to endorse the opinions of the manufacturer. mostis one of the disheartening things. they were really personalities for sale. many of the things that she says is not true. any independent study not funded by syngenta has found similar problems. and not just with rocks. i published a paper with 22 scientists from around the world showing that it causes actual problems in mammals, birds, and indians, fish. it is not just my work with amphibians. also with regard to the epa, one of the scientific advisory panel members that was opposed to review atrazine actually works for syngenta. so the whole process is tainted. the epa ignore the scientific panel's opinion and decided to keep atrazine on the market and not to do

an 11% drop in his company for syngenta. emerging market turmoil? that's something new. >>> welcome back to "worldwide exchange." let's have a look at where markets are recapping right now. we're in the green. completely unwinding the losses we saw in yesterday's session. the italian market adding to yesterday's gain between 0.2% and 0.7% in trading today. joining us now, the chief investment officer of axis investment, johnny, good morning. >> good morning. >> in your notes, you said you're still comfortable right now being long large caps, equities and property. heading into futures and options right now is very cheap. tell me what your net position is right now. >> i think we've had this ongoing debate as to whether the equity market has rolled over and is it time to consider the party over. on a long-term view, it will be difficult to replace the asset holdings. one could argue bonds have had a bit of a resurgence. it's been a spliet flight to qu. we don't view sovereign debt as having any long-term value. irrespective for your forecast for long