http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=998 News on pesticide science, policy and activism Wed, 15 May 2013 15:03:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=998#comment-86816 Benjamin Tue, 29 Dec 2009 05:34:52 +0000 http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=998#comment-86816 Rachel Carson was invaluable in bringing the dangers of reckless pesticide use to light in the 1960s.Its too bad so many tried to discredit her for threatening the financial interests of the chemical industry.Sadly,we have not learned one thing.We still have the same “eradicate” instead of manage sort of mentality that we did back then.As a result,we continue to impact our environment with these unnecessary poisons,while weeds and insects continue to become resistant.Time to end our antiquated form of pest control before its too late.

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