UNFIT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION

by Ruth Mulvey Harmer ‧ RELEASE DATE: April 23, 1971

A thorough popular science presentation of all the contaminants you are likely to meet from the cradle to the likelier grave, all around the house and that not so great as all outdoors. Whether it's DDT, mercury, defoliants, cyclamates, chemical fertilizers, etc., etc. or embalming fluid in hamburgers and peroxide in bread. The second section, Alternatives, is perhaps more important since much of the material will be less familiar: there are many countermeasures from re-education and litigation and overall legislation, to specifics in pest control such as sex attractants, systemic and safe insecticides, sound and light, chemosterilants, and more ""natural"" methods including other animals and insects. Needless to say, the protected (self)interests of agribusiness, scientists on campus and off, regulatory officials and legislators from the FDA to WHO do not escape justified condemnation. In the ever unsilent spring, a very worthy contribution.

Pub Date: April 23, 1971

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Prentice-Hall

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: April 1, 1971

Categories: NONFICTION