Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C21180
Notes:
Critique of pesticides used in food production. Indiscriminate use by farmers (p. 17). Medical problems created for farm workers and others (p. 56-71). Inadequate legal mechanism for protecting consumers against pesticides (p. 73-110), emphasizing inadequacy of USDA in this regard. Educators being hired to serve industrial interests (111-127). Analysis of appeals in pesticide usage, emphasizing benefits over hazards (p. 128-145). Fertilizer industry also endangers health (p. 146-158). Suggestins for solving pest problems without pesticides (p. 173-273).
Jukes, Thomas H. (author), Baker, Chester B. (author), Burns, Edward R. (author), Davis, Glenn (author), Hafs, Harold (author), and Jones, Hardin (author)
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
1976-09-15
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 191 Document Number: D03035
Notes:
Report No. 61, Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST), Ames, Iowa. 10 pages. Also, script for the National Broadcasting Company television program of the same title, produced for NBC News by Thomas Tomizawa. 47 pages., Response by a CAST task force to a telecast on September 8, 1976, featuring the use (and risks) of chemicals in the food system. Special emphasis on the use of diethylstilbestrol (a growth hormone used in beef production) and aspertame (sweetener).
