Public fear and pesticide marketing
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 8:25 am
"United States pesticide makers appear to have tapped a sales bonanza in the increasing numbers of broad-scale pest elimination programs conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture," cheerfully reported one trade journal in 1958... Silent Spring, Chapter 10.
There was an article in the morning paper about the commencement of aerial spraying in Dallas,Texas for control of West Nile.
While Boulder County has never endorsed aerial spraying for mosquito control, it has been employed in many other parts of Colorado as well as surrounding states.
The Environmental Protection Agency and The Centers For Disease Control assure the public that there is "no unreasonable risk", while other scientists and health organizations dispute the safety of this and question whether chemical control of mosquitoes to address West Nile is of any value at all.
Compare and contrast what was occurring in the 1950's with what we are experiencing today.
Define unreasonable.
What do you think Rachel Carson would say?
Tom T.
There was an article in the morning paper about the commencement of aerial spraying in Dallas,Texas for control of West Nile.
While Boulder County has never endorsed aerial spraying for mosquito control, it has been employed in many other parts of Colorado as well as surrounding states.
The Environmental Protection Agency and The Centers For Disease Control assure the public that there is "no unreasonable risk", while other scientists and health organizations dispute the safety of this and question whether chemical control of mosquitoes to address West Nile is of any value at all.
Compare and contrast what was occurring in the 1950's with what we are experiencing today.
Define unreasonable.
What do you think Rachel Carson would say?
Tom T.