Chemical Lands: Pesticides, Aerial Spraying, and Health in North America's Grasslands Since 1945

by David D. Vail

An exploration of the elaborate relationship between farmers, aerial sprayers, agriculturalists, crop pests, chemicals, and the environment.

The controversies in the 1960s and 1970s that swirled around indiscriminate use of agricultural chemicals--their long-term ecological harm versus food production benefits--were sparked and clarified by biologist Rachel Carson's Silent Spring (1962). This seminal publication challenged long-held...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817319735
• ISBN13: 9780817319731
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary