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Chemical Lands : Pesticides, Aerial Spraying, and Health in North America’s Grasslands since 1945 / David D. Vail.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vail, David D. (David Douglas), 1981- author.
- Series:
- Nexus (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)
- Nexus
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aerial spraying and dusting in agriculture--North America.
- Aerial spraying and dusting in agriculture.
- Grasses--Pests--Control--North America.
- Grasses.
- Pesticides--Application--North America.
- Pesticides.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (209 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Tuscaloosa, Alabama : The University of Alabama Press, [2018]
- Summary:
- An exploration of the elaborate relationship between farmers, aerial sprayers, agriculturalists, crop pests, chemicals, and the environment.The controversies in the 1960s and 1970s that swirled around indiscriminate use of agricultural chemicals--their long-term ecological harm versus food production benefits--were sparked and clarified by.
- Contents:
- Making chemical-agricultural landscapes
- Creating new pests, experts, and risks
- Spraying the airplane way
- Toxic standards and fables
- Regional politics, national debates, and the Ag-1 program
- Spraying grasslands abroad.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9780817391652
- 0817391657
- OCLC:
- 1017932035
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