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Sterile Soil, Dirty Hands
An EPA-approved pesticide is worse than the one it's replacing |
Tom Philpott |
06 Dec 2007 |
Victual Reality |
| "The soil is, as a matter of fact, full of live organisms. It is essential to conceive of it as something pulsating with life, not as a dead or inert mass." -- Albert Howard, The Soil and Health, 1947 Strawberry fields poisoned forever? Photo: iStockphoto In October, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency granted temporary approval for use of methyl iodide, a highly to ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, Big Ag, food, toxics, US EPA, Victual Reality (all these topics) |
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