The Pesticide Question: Environment, Economics and Ethics (1993)
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- Synopsis
- Pesticides have contributed impressively to our present-day agricultural productivity, but at the same time they are at the center of serious concerns about safety, health, and the environment. Increasingly, the public wonders whether the benefits of pesticides - `the perfect red apple' - outweigh the costs of environmental pollution, human illness, and the destruction of animals and our habitat. Scientists and government officials are suspected of promoting commercial interests rather than protecting human welfare.
- Copyright:
- 1993
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9780585369730
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780412035814
- Publisher:
- Springer US
- Date of Addition:
- 02/10/21
- Copyrighted By:
- HughLehman, DavidPimentel
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Science, Animals
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
- Edited by:
- David Pimentel
- Edited by:
- Hugh Lehman