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    Start Over Collection Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC) Publication Year 1971 Subject Term food safety Subject Term pest management

    1. Unfit for human consumption

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Harmer, Ruth M. (author)
    Format:
    Book
    Publication Date:
    1971
    Published:
    USA: Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
    Location:
    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).

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