Economic poisoning industrial waste and the chemicalization of American agriculture
The toxicity of pesticides to the environment and humans is often framed as an unfortunate effect of their benefits to agricultural production. In Economic Poisoning, Adam M. Romero upends this narrative and provides a fascinating new history of pesticides in American industrial agriculture prior to...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oakland, California
University of California Press
2022, ©2022
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| Series: | Critical Environments: Nature, Science, and Politics
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| Collection: | DeGruyter MPG Collection - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Arsenic and old waste
- Commercializing chemical warfare
- Manufacturing petrotoxicty
- Public-private partnerships
- From oil well to farm