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4 reviews
Linda J. Lear

Henry Holt & Company, 1997

Thank You Rachel
How many people today remember Rachel Carson? When you see an eagle or a falcon or a hawk, you can than k Rachel Carson. Her book "Silent Spring" incited action almost immediately against irresponsible pesticide use, including DDT, and launched an ecology movement that led to the Clean Water Act and the Clean Air Act. This is quite an accomplishment for an author of natural history books; Rachel ...

Canary in the Courtroom: How Pesticide Poisoning Changed a Woman's Life and Forced Her into Civil Action

3 reviews
Jessie MacLeod

iUniverse, Inc., 2006

Another Rachel Carson
Canary in the Courtroom is a book that is hard to put down. Ms. MacLeod has separated fact from fiction and exposed holes in several programs designed to protect the public from harmful chemicals. The book is a treatise on how individuals are lead to believe in the safety of chemicals and how one person fought for the truth to be told. For the sake of future generations health, lets hope we ...

The Death of Ramon Gonzalez: The Modern Agricultural Dilemma

2 reviews
Angus Lindsay Wright

University of Texas Press, 1990

A true heart-wrenching occupational health story
This story details how people suffer and die from the repressive labor practices of pesticide-addicted agribusiness. It should give pause to people eating foods produced and harvested in places whose labor practices are known to be repressive. It should spur support for "fairly-traded" foods and also should spur investigations into the activities of agribusinesses using pesticides but probably ...

The War on Bugs

2 reviews
Will Allen

Chelsea Green Publishing, 2007

Eating Oil:
Eating Oil: "The War On Bugs" Sounds A "Pharm Alarm" About the Toxic History of American Agriculture By Dr. Rob Williams, Vermont Commons editor Read more about this book at [...] East Thetford, Vermont's Will Allen of Cedar Circle Farm is no ordinary tiller of the soil. The former marine, jailed for anti-war protests during the Vietnam Era, also possesses a Ph.D. in Anthropology, a long ...

Organic for Health

6 reviews
Sandy Powers

iUniverse, Inc., 2007

Life Changing
Americans are being poisoned every day with food that has been approved by the United States Department of Agriculture. The USDA allows terrifying quantities of poisons and contaminants to remain inside the meat and produce that currently fills supermarket shelves. It is a legal practice, and Americans continue to believe the food supply is safe. Sandy Powers' amazing recount of her battle ...

Atrazine in Kansas

8 reviews
C. Edward Carney

Water Quality Assessment Section, Bureau of Water Protection, Division of Environment, Kansas Dept. of Health and Environment, 1989

Best Historical Overview On The Northern Irish "Troubles"?
David McKittrick and David McVea present a thoughtful, excellent overview of sectarian strife in Northern Ireland since the 1960's, giving a balanced look at both the Protestant and Catholic communities. They begin with a superb brief historical sketch on the origins and early history of Northern Ireland, chronicling its major events from its inception in 1921 through the 1960's. They offer many ...

Ornamental pest management: A training manual for commercial pesticide applicators (catory 3b)

4 reviews
Kay Sicheneder

Michigan State University, Cooperative Extension Service, 1991

Great B&W photos of young Bob Dylan
This seems to be a reprint of a book that first came out in the 60's. I still have my copy but it's a smaller format than this reprint. It is chock full of great photos of Dylan being whimsical and eccentric, posing in a studio setting. Very professional. All seem to be from the "Highway 61 Revisited" period (1965)when Dylan affected a "mod" style of clothes, including polka-dot shirts and Beatle ...

The Bhopal Reader: Remembering Twenty Years Of The World's Worst Industrial Disaster

1 review
Bridget Hanna, Ward Morehouse, ...

Apex Press, 2005

a remarkable and devastating compendium
"There is very little to eat. Very little to wear. Papa just doesn't get a job. He has no permanent job. Before the leak, he used to work on a boring machine. Now he cannot work on that machine. "Carbide must be punished. Take them to the police station. Then hit them and then jail them--those Carbide fellows. I can't play. I am weak. My hands and legs ache when I run. I get breathless soon. ...

Corn (Pesticides & wildlife)

14 reviews
William E Palmer

N.C. Cooperative Extension Service, 1992

Legal Education for all
A great book. Written by a expert in communication. Each case brought you into the defense, you believe in the actions brought forward to give not only a legal defense by our constitution but to see a inocent person never is incarcerated,if that ever comes to pass. I would hope Mr. Black will write more, he is able to take a very complicated subject and break it down to a laymans understanding.

Basic Guide To Pesticides: Their Characteristics And Hazards: Their Characteristics & Hazards

1 review

CRC, 1992

Guide Still a Great Reference
Bear in mind the book was published in 1992. But the text has withstood the test of time. It's a wealth of information for pesticide educators that can now be supplemented by on-line information. To give you a clue, I don't plan to sell my used copy because of the extensive pesticide-specific data, and the excellent articles I can't find anywhere else. A tribute to Rachel herself.

Human Toxicology of Pesticides

1 review

Informa HealthCare, 1991

best book I've ever read
The best book that covers the subject, very precise, reader frindly and very informative.

Introduction to Insect Pest Management, 3rd Edition

1 review

Wiley-Interscience, 1994

Agriculture Entomology Textbook
In the Metcalfian style, established in preceeding texts by a preceeding Metcalf; Destructive and Useful Insects by Metcalf and Flint (early 60's), this textbook was, I believe, intended for agricultural entomology students and should serve very well for such purpose.

Complete Guide to Pest Control With and Without Chemicals

1 review
George Whitaker Ware

Thomson Pubns, 1990

Balanced and Practical Pest Control
A very thorough and complete reference on common pest control. This book takes a balanced approach between chemical and "non-chemical" in it's recommendations. An excellent quick reference.

The Future Role of Pesticides in U.S. Agriculture

1 review
Committee on the Future Role of Pesticides in US Agriculture, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, ...

National Academies Press, 2000

They are Professionals.
Accurate study that try to predict the role of pesticides in the next 10 years, from 1999. A must read book for those envolved with agriculture, but easy to read for everyone that need to understand more about pesticides (without prejudice). We need more of this kind of study for another important subjects allover the world.

Entomopathogenic Bacteria: From Laboratory to Field Application

1 review
Christina Nielsen-Le Roux, Jean-Francois Charles, ...

Springer, 2008

Excellent!
This book covers all the desired aspects of entomopathogenic bacteria. Each chapter is quite easy to follow. Best of the best!

Fungicidal Activity: Chemical and Biological Approaches to Plant Protection (Wiley Series in Agrochemicals & ...

1 review

Wiley, 1998

fungicidal activity: Chemical
Fungicidal Activity: Chemical and Biological Approaches to Plant Protection

Codex Alimentarius: Pesticide Residues in Food Maximum Limits (Codex Alimentarius)

1 review
Joint Fao, Who

Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN (FA, 2000

i don't know about codex in this book.
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How to Get Your Lawn and Garden Off Drugs: Pesticide Free Gardening for a Healthier Environment

1 review
Carole Rubin

Friends of the Earth, 1989

Great introduction to organic gardening!
This book was is intended for Canadian audiences, but is sufficiently general to apply just about anywhere. It focuses on the absolute basics, laid out in easy to digest steps. It is relatively un-preachy, confining itself to facts rather than extended rhetoric on the merits of 'toxin-free living.' There are 5 simple chapters, plus glossary, resource listings (for Canadians), and additional ...

Breaking the Pesticide Habit

1 review
Terry Gips

Alliance for Sustainability, 1988

Viable alternatives to 12 hazardous pesticides
Terry Gips, author of this book, is the director of the International Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture (IASA, office located in Minneapolis, MN), which seeks to promote alternatives to perticide-based agribusiness. In the "Executive Summary" preface to his book, Gips explains the four criteria that he and his org consider to be necessary for "sustainable agriculture": 1) ecological ...

The Bread and Circus Whole Food Bible: How to Select and Prepare Safe Healthful Foods Without Pesticides or ...

1 review
Christopher S. Kilham, Rachel Reid, ...

Addison-Wesley, 1991

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Very, very impressed with this book. Written in 1990, he was way ahead of the curve in his assessments and judgements on the food industry. Last 100 pages are recipes which I have mostly made and were all good. If we are what we eat, we're all in trouble. Very enlightening. Read this in conjunction with "My Year of Meats" by Ruth Ozeki and the February, 2006, issue of "Consumer Reports".

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