September 24, 2012

Pesticides: Less Scary than You Think

Steve Savage, Applied Mythology


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The word "pesticide" conjures up negative, scary images. These images come from old organophosphate insecticides of the 1960s that killed fish and birds and caused farm worker illness.  These are sorely outdated images. What most people don't know is how much safer the new generations of pesticides are.

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