Crop Chemophobia
Will Precaution Kill the Green Revolution?
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Government, Public Policy
| Author: | Claude Barfield, Euros Jones, Doug Nelson, Alexander Rincus, Richard Tren, Mark Whalon, Jeanette Wilson | ISBN: | 9780844743639 |
| Publisher: | AEI Press | Publication: | April 16, 2011 |
| Imprint: | AEI Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Claude Barfield, Euros Jones, Doug Nelson, Alexander Rincus, Richard Tren, Mark Whalon, Jeanette Wilson |
| ISBN: | 9780844743639 |
| Publisher: | AEI Press |
| Publication: | April 16, 2011 |
| Imprint: | AEI Press |
| Language: | English |
The Green Revolution of 1960s introduced herbicides, pesticides, and advanced agricultural technologies to third world countries-rescuing hundreds of millions of people from malnutrition and starvation and transforming low-yield, labor-intensive farming into the high-tech, immensely productive industry it is today. Despite these stunning gains, critics of chemical farming remain vocal. Recently, the European Union passed a ban on twenty-two chemicals-about 15 percent of the EU pesticides market-to begin in 2011. In Crop Chemophobia, Jon Entine and his coauthors examine the 'precautionary principle' that underlies the EU's decision and explore the ban's potential consequences-including environmental degradation, decreased food safety, impaired disease-control efforts, and a hungrier world.
The Green Revolution of 1960s introduced herbicides, pesticides, and advanced agricultural technologies to third world countries-rescuing hundreds of millions of people from malnutrition and starvation and transforming low-yield, labor-intensive farming into the high-tech, immensely productive industry it is today. Despite these stunning gains, critics of chemical farming remain vocal. Recently, the European Union passed a ban on twenty-two chemicals-about 15 percent of the EU pesticides market-to begin in 2011. In Crop Chemophobia, Jon Entine and his coauthors examine the 'precautionary principle' that underlies the EU's decision and explore the ban's potential consequences-including environmental degradation, decreased food safety, impaired disease-control efforts, and a hungrier world.
