Saving the Planet through Pesticides and Plastics [Paperback]

Dennis Avery (Author)

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Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: Brookings Institution; 2 edition (1 Aug 2000)
Language English
ISBN-10: 1558130691
ISBN-13: 978-1558130692
Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 15.2 x 3 cm
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,461,394 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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A former agricultural specialist for the federal government, Avery argues that high-yield agriculture using chemical pesticides, fertilizers, and biotechnology is the solution to environmental problems not a cause of them, as environmental activists have found. Using high-yield methods for farming,

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Amazon.com: 3.1 out of 5 stars (11 customer reviews)

1.0 out of 5 stars REPULSIVE!, 3 Feb 2012

By Kyle - Published on Amazon.com

This review is from: Saving the Planet through Pesticides and Plastics (Paperback)

To put it nicely I would respectively say that this book is a disgrace to humanity, and pure proof of how corrupt big corporations like MONSANTO can be. Yeah saving the planet with Poisson and unatural synthentic chemicals and plastic. This is an absolute joke, if not, an outright insult. "i have a great idea lets provide the entire planet with nutrient deficient agriculture and come up with a bogus story, and actually try to convince people that ingesting poisonous unnatural food is good, then we can laugh at them as they spend there money funding our lives and helping our best friends at the pharmaceutical company's.". Disgusting!

10 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Big Business Propaganda, 26 April 2010

By nirvana "yoga mom" - Published on Amazon.com

This review is from: Saving the Planet through Pesticides and Plastics (Paperback)

Through the years I have learned that in order to evaluate the validity of any studies one should look at where the financing comes from. As I read through this book it was apparent to me that the book was probably funded by companies that benefit from this type of publicity. To say that chemical fertilizers do not have an impact on the environment is grossly irresponsible. Anyone who has made a concerted effort in gardening with both methods understands the importance of organic farming. There is more solid research coming out everyday about soil structure and the way it nourishes plants, but it is not funded by big business and does not get the same type of public exposure. When I did research on the Hudson Institute, I found they are supported by Cargill, Conagra,
Eli Lilly, DuPont, Dow-Elanco, Ciba-Geigy,Sandoz, Monsanto and Procter and Gamble. All the supporters of the Hudson Institute are chemical companies that benefit from this type of propaganda. Unfortunately people living in areas where they cannot conduct their own chemical versus organic trials themselves will be gullible enough to believe this book. Anyone has the ability to write a book whether it be supported by facts or not. The key is for the reader to dig deeper and find the motivations of the author.

5 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Good for a laugh, 18 Mar 2008

By Perennial Power - Published on Amazon.com

This review is from: Saving the Planet through Pesticides and Plastics (Paperback)

Avery tries to pass his chemical company advocacy off as science. If you are familiar with real science, you might just want to read this for the laughs. If you are looking for actual information, don't read this--it will only confuse you.

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