How To Take Millions Of Tons Of Pesticides Out Of Our Environment
Tuesday, April 1, 2014 - 15:10
in Earth & Climate
When Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring" was taking the country by storm 50 years ago, it was a puzzle to scientists and farmers who did not see the cultural future looming in front of them. Scientists dismissed it as anecdotal evidence while farmers recognized that if you don't use a pesticide according to instructions, bad things happen. Both knew that without pesticides, yields would be devastated. read more