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).
USA: Professional Agricultural Communications Editorial Research, Inc. (PACER), Washington, D.C.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 23 Document Number: B02447
Notes:
Harold Swanson Collection. AgComm Teaching. Delmar Hatesohl Collection. See also original report B00769., Report of a survey by Response Analysis Corporation, Princeton, New Jersey. RAC 3696. 16 pp.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 7 Document Number: B00769
Notes:
AgComm Teaching. Claude W. Gifford Collection. PACER Papers., 120 p., Report of a national research project conducted for Professional Agricultural Communications Editorial Research, Inc. (PACER), a non-profit corporation involving six agricultural communicator organizations. File includes a 17-page summary of highlights.
