Saving the Planet with Pesticides and Plastic: The Environmental Triumph of High-yield FarmingThe second edition of Dennis Averys 1995 seminal work, Saving the Planet Through Pesticides and Plastics provides the flip side to environmentalist cries of spiraling cancer rates, rising global temperatures and decreasing rainforest acreage. Thoroughly updated and re-written with new information and data, Averys controversial book shows how agricultural technology can save the planet for both people and wildlife. |
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Introduction | 3 |
Saving Lives and Wildlife | 8 |
Wildlife and the Acres Not Plowed | 29 |
Copyright | |
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