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100	1		_aAvery, Dennis T.
245	1	0	_aSaving the planet with pesticides and plastic : _bthe environmental triumph of high-yield farming / _cDennis T. Avery.
260			_aIndianapolis, Indiana : _bHudson Institute, _cc1995.
300			_ax, 432 p. : _bill. ; _c23 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_aChapter 1 Saving Lives and Wildlife 8 -- Chapter 2 Wildlife and the Acres Not Plowed 29 -- Chapter 3 There Is No Upward Population Spiral 48 -- Chapter 4 Preventing Cancer with Pesticides 65 -- Chapter 5 Children, Farmers, and Pesticides 94 -- Chapter 6 Intensive Meat Production for the 21st Century 114 -- Chapter 7 Do the Rat Tests Mean Anything? 134 -- Chapter 8 There Is Much Less Hunger Than We've Been Told 148 -- Chapter 9 Organic Farming: More Problem Than Solution 168 -- Chapter 10 Who Has a Soil Crisis? 192 -- Chapter 11 Is High-Yield Farming Sustainable? 213 -- Chapter 12 Seeds of Success 238 -- Chapter 13 Drink Up, the Water's Fine 256 -- Chapter 14 If We Stop Wasting the Water ... 269 -- Chapter 15 The New War Against Plant Nutrients 280 -- Chapter 16 More People and More Trees: Saving Forests with Technology 298 -- Chapter 17 Can We Rescue the Rain Forests? 315 -- Chapter 18 Saving the Planet with Plastic? 333 -- Chapter 19 Conserving with Cows 342 -- Chapter 20 Biotechnology: The Ultimate Conservation Solution? 357 -- Chapter 21 Subsidies or Free Farm Trade: Which Will Win the 21st Century? 374 -- Chapter 22 New Excuses for Bad Regulations 398 -- Chapter 23 Who Are These People? 422 -- Chapter 24 What Can Farmers Do? 447.
650		0	_aAgriculture _xEnvironmental aspects.
650		0	_aAgricultural productivity.
856	4	1	_3Table of contents _uhttp://openisbn.com/isbn/1558130519/
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