The Pesticide Conspiracy

Author : Robert Van den Bosch
Publisher : Doubleday Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Pesticide Conspiracy written by Robert Van den Bosch and published by Doubleday Books. This book was released on 1978 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the dangers of pesticides to the environment, wildlife, and the food supply and suggests alternate methods of insect control.

Author : Robert Van Den Bosch
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520909747
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Pesticide Conspiracy written by Robert Van Den Bosch and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-09-01 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professor van den Bosch of the University of California was one of the developers of Integrated Pest Management—the use of biological controls, improved pest knowledge and observation, and judicious application of chemicals only when absolutely necessary. His research often suggested that less or no pesticides should be applied, which made him the target of both open and clandestine attack from industry and government figures. In protest, he wrote this passionate account of what Ecology called "the ultimate social disaster of: evolving pesticide-resistant insects, the destruction of their natural predators and parasites, emergent populations of new insect pests, downstream water pollution, atmospheric pollution, the 'accidental' killing of wildlife and people, and the bankruptcies of indigenous and small farmers." As a new Introduction to this edition recounts, some lessening of dangerous overreliance on massive pesticide applications has been achieved since van den Bosch published this book in 1978—partly as a result of its influence. But the structural problems he described remain. The book has thus become a classic, along with Rachel Carson's Silent Spring.

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Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists written by and published by . This book was released on 1979-05 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Kalathil Ramakrishnan
Publisher : Gyan Books
ISBN 13 : 9789380222400
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Endosulfan written by Kalathil Ramakrishnan and published by Gyan Books. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Title 'Endosulfan Global Conspiracy And A Kerala Fraud Story written by Kalathil Ramakrishnan' was published in the year 2015. The ISBN number 9789380222400 is assigned to the PaperBack version of this title. This book has total of pp. 306 (Pages). The publisher of this title is GenNext Publication. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is International Studies, About the book: - The book, a venture on investigative journalism, questions the version created by the media and the E

Author : T. W. Fisher
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0080533019
Total Pages : 1073 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Biological Control written by T. W. Fisher and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 1999-09-20 with total page 1073 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many years the use of chemical agents such as pesticides and herbicides has been effective in controlling the many varieties of pests that infest both agricultural crops and backyard gardens. However, these pests are gradually becoming resistant to these agents, because the agents themselves are acting as selective factors making the pests better and better able to resist and persist. As a result, the use of biological controlling agents is increasing. This book is a comprehensive and authoritative handbook of biological control.

Author : John H. Perkins
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1468439987
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Insects, Experts, and the Insecticide Crisis written by John H. Perkins and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science and technology are cultural phenomena. Expert knowledge is generated amid the conflicts of a society and in turn supplies fuel to fire yet further change and new clashes. This essay on economic entomology is a case study on how cultural events and forces affected the creation of scientific and technical knowledge. The time period emphasized is 1945 to 1980. My initial premises for selecting relevant data for the story were ultimately not of much use. Virtually all debates about insect control since 1945 have been centered around the environmental and health hazards associated with insecticides. My first but inadequate conclusion was that the center of interest lay between those who defended the chemicals and those who advocated the use of nonchemical control methods. With this formulation of the problem, I was drawn to an analysis of how the chemical manufacturers had managed to dominate and even corrupt the work of entomological scientists, farmers, members of Congress, and regulators in the USDA and EPA. My own contribu tions to a policy study at the National Academy of Sciences were based 1 on this premise. More recently, Robert van den Bosch developed the 2 "corruption theme" in considerable detail.

Author : William Olkowski
Publisher : Taunton Press
ISBN 13 : 9781561581498
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Gardener's Guide to Common-sense Pest Control written by William Olkowski and published by Taunton Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An abridged version of "Common-Sense Pest Control", this guide offers solutions to a variety of garden problems, including aphids, slugs, moles, root maggots, cutworms, powdery mildew, crabgrass, Japanese beetles, gypsy moths and other pests. Chemical controls are suggested only as a last resort.

Author : Ivette Perfecto
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113657414X
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nature's Matrix written by Ivette Perfecto and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-09-18 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Landscapes are frequently seen as fragments of natural habitat surrounded by a 'sea' of agriculture. But recent ecological theory shows that the nature of these fragments is not nearly as important for conservation as is the nature of the matrix of agriculture that surrounds them. Local extinctions from conservation fragments are inevitable and must be balanced by migrations if massive extinction is to be avoided. High migration rates only occur in what the authors refer to as 'high quality' matrices, which are created by alternative agroecological techniques, as opposed to the industrial monocultural model of agriculture. The authors argue that the only way to promote such high quality matrices is to work with rural social movements. Their ideas are at odds with the major trends of some of the large conservation organizations that emphasize targeted land purchases of protected areas. They argue that recent advances in ecological research make such a general approach anachronistic and call, rather, for solidarity with the small farmers around the world who are currently struggling to attain food sovereignty. Nature's Matrix proposes a radically new approach to the conservation of biodiversity based on recent advances in the science of ecology plus political realities, particularly in the world's tropical regions.

Author : John H. Vandermeer
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0763798746
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ecology of Agroecosystems written by John H. Vandermeer and published by Jones & Bartlett Publishers. This book was released on 2009-12-29 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Agroecology is the science of applying ecological concepts and principles to the design, development, and management of sustainable agricultural systems. The Ecology of Agroecosystems highlights a collection of alternative agricultural methodologies and philosophies and provides an interdisciplinary approach that bridges the sociopolitical and historical context of agriculture. It includes the technical issues in a serious and ecological fashion and captures the complex merging of ecology, agriculture, politics and economics in both a historical and contemporary context. Readers will learn not only about the ethical and moral elements related to producing food of questionable quality while possibly impairing the environment, but also about the soil chemistry involved. Important Notice: The digital edition of this book is missing some of the images or content found in the physical edition.

Author : California. Environmental Assessment Team
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 622 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Report on the Environmental Assessment of Pesticide Regulating Programs, Final written by California. Environmental Assessment Team and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: