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    43. Listen to science and studies, not false claims and rhetoric

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Thorne, Teresa (author)
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2021-03
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 202 Document Number: D12136
    Journal Title:
    Packer
    Notes:
    Online from publisher. 3 pages., In this commentary, the Executive Director of the Alliance for Food and Farming argues that the "dirty dozen" list published annually by the Environmental Working Group is "scientifically unsupportable, negatively impacts consumers and it is insulting to farmers and farm workers working hard every day to provide produce to consumers." She says, "If we have learned anything from the pandemic, it is that science (not rhetoric or false claims) needs to guide our health and safety choices."

    44. Media coverage of toxic risks: a content analysis of pediatric environmental health information available to new and expecting mothers

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Mello, Susan (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2015-12
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 154 Document Number: D07021
    Journal Title:
    Health Communication
    Journal Title Details:
    30(12) : 1245-1255

    45. Negative effects of pesticides on the environment and the farmers awareness in Saudi Arabia: a case study

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Al-Zaidi, A.A. (author), Elhag, E.A. (author), Al-Otaibi, S.H. (author), and Baig, M.B. (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2011
    Published:
    Saudi Arabia
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 184 Document Number: D00293
    Journal Title:
    Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences
    Journal Title Details:
    21(3) : 605-611
    Notes:
    Via Directory of Open Access Journals

    46. News media and technological risks: the case of pesticides after "Silent Spring"

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Gunter, Valerie J. (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2005
    Published:
    USA: Midwest Sociological Society.
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11799
    Journal Title:
    Sociological Quarterly
    Journal Title Details:
    46 : 671-698
    Notes:
    Online via UI electronic subscription., This article reports on a study of the relative weight of attention given by the New York Times newspaper to alarming or reassuring messages about pesticides in the immediate aftermath of Silent Spring. Three models of media coverage are examined: conflict theory, sensationalism, and problem frame. Analysis revealed a complicated pattern of coverage which first highlighted, then downplayed, risk.

    49. Of mites and men: in which scientists and environmentalists argue about the right way to kill insects

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Tucker, William (author)
    Format:
    Magazine article
    Publication Date:
    1978-08
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C12149
    Journal Title:
    Harper's
    Journal Title Details:
    <257(1539) : 43-58>
    Notes:
    Francis C. Byrnes Collection