Crop Chemophobia

Will Precaution Kill the Green Revolution?

Inbunden, Engelska, 2011

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The Green Revolution of 1960s introduced herbicides, pesticides, and advanced agricultural technologies to third world countries-rescuing hundreds of millions of people from malnutrition and starvation and transforming low-yield, labor-intensive farming into the high-tech, immensely productive industry it is today. Despite these stunning gains, critics of chemical farming remain vocal. Recently, the European Union passed a ban on twenty-two chemicals-about 15 percent of the EU pesticides market-to begin in 2011. In Crop Chemophobia, Jon Entine and his coauthors examine the "precautionary principle" that underlies the EU's decision and explore the ban's potential consequences-including environmental degradation, decreased food safety, impaired disease-control efforts, and a hungrier world.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2011-02-16
Mått162 x 240 x 17 mm
Vikt372 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor169
FörlagAEI Press
ISBN9780844743615

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List of IllustrationsIntroductionJon EntinePart I: PerspectiveChapter 1: European Pesticides and Herbicides int eh CrosshairsEuros JonesChapter 2: The Problems with PrecautionJonathan H. AdlerPart II: Case StudiesChapter 3: The Case of AtrazineJon EntineChapter 4: The Tart Cherry: Pesticides and PrecautionMark WhalonChapter 5: Unintended Consequences: Dangerous Misconceptions about Public Health Insecticides, the Environment, and Human HealthRichard TrenPart III: Precautionary PoliticsChapter 6: Precaution, Custom, and the World Trade OrganizationClaude BarfieldChapter 7: Feeding a Hungry World: Opportunity and Obligation for U.S. AgricultureDouglas Nelson and Alexander RinkusIndexAbout the Authors

Pesticides and preservatives can be dangerous in excessive quality, but is the world's growing phobia putting it at odds with the benefits they bring? Crop Chemophobia: Will Precaution Kill the Green Revolution? outlines the concern with modern farming about the paranoia surrounding food safety and how too much regulation of chemicals could lead to unforeseen problems in the future of the world's food supply. Arguing for more consistent testing of pesticides and their effects on food, stating that some are banned when they pass the test clearly, Crop Chemophobia provides quite the insight on this major issue, highly recommended.