Circle of Poison: Pesticides and People in a Hungry WorldEvery minute, someone in the Third World becomes a victim of pesticide poisoning. Circle of Poison documents the international marketing of restricted pesticides that leave a globe-circling trail of sickness and death. But the circle's victims are not silent. Around the world, people are fighting back. |
Contents
Chapter | 2 |
Chapter | 10 |
Chapter Three | 18 |
Chapter Four | 27 |
Chapter | 39 |
Chapter Seven | 47 |
Chapter Eight | 56 |
Chapter Nine | 65 |
Bureaucracy Glossary | 73 |
Table | 79 |
Table Five | |
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Circle of Poison: Pesticides and People in a Hungry World David Weir,Mark Schapiro Snippet view - 1981 |
Circle of Poison: Pesticides and People in a Hungry World David Weir,Mark Schapiro Snippet view - 1981 |
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