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Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Description
"First published by Houghton Mifflin in 1962, Silent Spring alerted a large audience to the environmental and human dangers of indiscriminate use of pesticides, spurring revolutionary changes in the laws affecting our air, land, and water. “Silent Spring became a runaway bestseller, with international reverberations . . . [It is] well crafted, fearless and succinct . . . Even if she had not inspired a generation of activists, Carson would prevail...
Author
Publisher
Chelsea Green Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
262 pages ; 24 cm
Description
The Silent Spring of our time From an MIT scientist, mounting evidence that the active ingredient in the world's most commonly used weedkiller is responsible for debilitating chronic diseases, including cancer, liver disease, and more Glyphosate is the active ingredient in Roundup, the most commonly used weedkiller in the world. Nearly 300 million pounds of glyphosate-based herbicide are sprayed on farms-and food-every year. Agrichemical companies...
Series
Becoming green volume 4
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (56 min.) : sd., col. with b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Witness the life of passionate biologist and environmentalist, Rachel Carson, and how she exposed the effects of the unregulated use of pesticides and herbicides by the federal government, and sparked a revolution in environmental policy.
9) Goliath
Publisher
Distrib Films
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The fates of three strangers intertwine in Frďřic Tellier's thriller GOLIATH. France is a schoolteacher who becomes an activist after her husband develops cancer from pesticide exposure. Mathias is an ambitious lobbyist working for a multinational chemical corporation. Patrick is a lonely but tireless environmental lawyer. All will have their lives collided and turned upside down after one farmer's desperate act sparks a powerful movement. Based...
Publisher
University of California Integrated Pest Management Program
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
vii, 232 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Description
This manual is for all California farm owners, managers, and employees involved with the use of pesticides. It covers pesticide labels, mixing and applying pesticides, human and environmental hazards of pesticide use, and pesticide emergencies.
Publisher
Universidad de California Programa Estatal de Manejo Integrado de Plagas Agricultura y Recursos Naturales
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
256 pages : illustrations ; cm
Description
Este manual está dirigido a todos los propietarios, administradores y empleados de granjas de California involucrados en el uso de pesticidas. Cubre las etiquetas de los pesticidas, la mezcla y aplicación de pesticidas, los peligros humanos y ambientales del uso de pesticidas y las emergencias por pesticidas.
Author
Series
Secrets of the sky volume 1
Formats
Description
"Ten-year-old Kinjal knows something strange is going on. But he does not expect his dog, Thums-up, to disappear before his eyes in the middle of the night! Even stranger, two enormous flying horses appear and insist on taking Kinjal and his twin sister, Kiya, to a place they have never heard of: the Sky Kingdom. The twins have no choice but to go if they want to see their dog again, even if that isn't why the winged pakkhiraj horses showed up in...
14) Rachel Carson
Pub. Date
2017
Physical Desc
1 DVD (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Profiles scientist and writer Rachel L. Carson, whose 1962 book "Silent Spring" warned of the impact of pesticides on the environment and started the modern environmental movement.
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