The pesticide conspiracy /

Professor van den Bosch of the University of California was one of the developers of Integrated Pest Management--the use of biological controls, improved pest knowledge and observation, and judicious application of chemicals only when absolutely necessary. His research often suggested that less or n...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Van den Bosch, Robert
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, [1989], ©1978.
Temas:
Pesticides industry > United States.
Pesticides > Environmental aspects > United States.
Agricultural chemicals industry > United States.
Agricultural chemicals > Environmental aspects > United States.
Chemical industry.
Agrochemicals > adverse effects
Chemical Industry
Pesticides > adverse effects
Pesticides > Industrie > États-Unis.
Produits chimiques agricoles > Industrie > États-Unis.
Produits chimiques agricoles > Aspect de l'environnement > États-Unis.
Industries chimiques.
Agricultural chemicals > Environmental aspects.
Agricultural chemicals industry.
Pesticides > Environmental aspects.
Pesticides industry.
Pesticiden.
Milieueffecten.
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Entomology
United States
United States.
Pesticides > Environmental aspects
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • FOREWORD
  • PREFACE
  • PREFACE TO THE 1989 EDITION
  • PROLOGUE
  • THE BUG BOMB
  • Chapter 1. INTRODUCTION
  • Chapter 2. MOTHER NATURE AND THE GRAY COMPUTER
  • Chapter 3. THE PESTICIDE TREADMILL
  • Chapter 4. THE MELANCHOLY ADDICTION OF OL' KING COTTON
  • Chapter 5. THE MAKING OF AN ECO-RADICAL, OR PARDON MY PARANOIA
  • WATER BUGGING
  • Chapter 6. THE POLITICS OF PEST CONTROL
  • Chapter 7. STICKING IT TO CESAR-THE SOCIOLOGY OF PEST CONTROL
  • Chapter 8. THE TERRIBLE TUSSOCK TUSSLE
  • Chapter 9. THE INSTANT PROFESSIONALS
  • Chapter 10. OF APHIDS ' KNEES AND BLOODY MARYS
  • Chapter 11. THE RAPE OF EPA
  • Chapter 12. SCIENCE FOR SALE
  • FRASS
  • Chapter 13. FREEDOM OF THE PRESS, WELL, SORT OF
  • Chapter 14. THE SORRIEST LOSER
  • BOMB DISPOSAL
  • Chapter 15. INTEGRATED CONTROL
  • A BETTER WAY TO BATTLE THE BUGS
  • Chapter 16. TO TURN THE WORM
  • EPILOGUE
  • GLOSSARY
  • NOTES AND REFERENCES
  • SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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