A Quarter Century After 'Silent Spring'
| Autor: | James V. Parochetti |
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| Rok vydání: | 1988 |
| Předmět: |
Engineering
geography geography.geographical_feature_category business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Public concern Environmental ethics General Medicine Negative attitude Pesticide humanities Quarter century Law Spring (hydrology) Conversation Chemistry (relationship) business Emotionalism media_common |
| Zdroj: | Chemical & Engineering News Archive. 66:54-57 |
| ISSN: | 2157-4936 0009-2347 |
| DOI: | 10.1021/cen-v066n004.p054 |
| Popis: | Mention, in a social conversation, that you work with pesticides, and there's a good chance that the reaction will be negative. Most people view pesticides as bad—a view fostered by press reports that they cause cancer and otherwise make people sick, kill birds, pollute water, and persist for long periods in the environment. Several unfortunate environmental accidents have indeed occurred during the past to add to this negative attitude. Although pesticides can generate controversy, "Silent Spring Revisited," which is based on a symposium presented at the 1984 ACS national meeting in Philadelphia by the Pesticide Subcommittee of the Pesticide Chemistry (now Agrochemicals) Division, is written in a style that minimalizes emotionalism. It is aimed at reassessing the issues raised more than 25 years ago by Rachel Carson in her book "Silent Spring" and how control and safe use of pesticides has evolved since then. I expect that many scientists working on pest control and with ... |
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