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A mother and midwife inadvertently threatens the fortunes and livelihoods of her family and their neighbors after noticing an increase in local miscarriages and believes it's caused by the pesticides used by the Sanderson Timber Company, her husband's employer.
1977. For generations, Rich Gundersen's family has chopped a livelihood out of the redwood forest along California's rugged coast. Rich and his wife, Colleen, are raising their own young son...
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1 videodisc (56 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
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Witness the life of passionate biologist and environmentalist, Rachel Carson, and how she exposed the effects of the unregulated use of pesticides and herbicides by the federal government, and sparked a revolution in environmental policy.
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"Without Our Consent" is a trailblazing story on pesticides, herbicides, and fungicides from his own experience and allergies to these chemicals. An immense amount of research has been used to paint a picture of abundance use by agriculture and livestock farming in the USA. Researching this topic our author Bob Skerstonas has provided us with a wealth of information backing this up with over 395 footnotes for a reader to dig deeper into the overuse...
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Roundup In Our Food
Over the last 30 years, billions of pounds of herbicides containing glyphosate (such as Roundup) have been sprayed on our food crops. These glyphosate-based herbicides are the most heavily used weed killers in history. They are applied regularly to GMO crops and used on non-GMO crops such as wheat, potatoes, and sugar cane. Because of their heavy use, millions, if not billions, of people worldwide consume glyphosate in their food...
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Spaceship Sagittarius volume 39
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In an attempt to stop the gigantic Sibip, Lana shoots the Sibip with a laser gun. Lana is depressed because she killed Sibip, but on the contrary, Sibip absorbs the power of the laser and becomes even more powerful. Chemical appears and uses herbicide to get rid of the sibip, and the villagers trust him completely.
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Homegrown humus is easy with cover crops!
Cover crops are a simple, cheap way to boost your soil's organic matter, to fight weeds, to prevent erosion, to attract pollinators, and to keep the ecosystem in balance. Unfortunately, most information on growing cover crops is written for people who plow their soil every year and are willing to spray herbicides. You can get all of the same benefits in a no-till garden, though, if you're clever.
Homegrown...
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Big farms need big machines, and crop sprayers are some of the biggest. Farmers use these timesaving devices to spread substances such as fertilizers, pesticides, and herbicides on their crops. While readers learn about the different kinds of crop sprayers, their many parts, and their importance to the farm industry, they'll be impressed by the colorful photographs of the machines in action-including one in the air! The high-interest topic also touches...
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The nuisance caused by weeds sprouting in your otherwise thriving garden may make you want to reach for the herbicide, but as Flowerdew writes in this installment of his Bob's Basics series, weed control can be much more simple, inexpensive, and eco-friendly without chemical intervention. Because every weed is best removed with a different method, Weeding Without Chemicals begins with a discussion of the various weed categories. No matter what sort...
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“Down to Earth” is a book that speaks to the soul of the passionate gardener of any experience level, exploring and detailing all the pleasures that gardeners enjoy from this hobby. Rochester encourages readers to garden for self-gratification. No hoeing, no tilling, no turning of piles. No chemical insecticides or herbicides, either. The author's goal is to encourage and enable gardeners to simplify tasks, saving time and money, while making...
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This book covers an extensive knowledge of the author with regard to the competitive interaction of crop plants and a perennial noxious weed of the world. The author served as crop protection expert for many years in Ethiopia before he gets admitted for post graduate study at Institute of Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture in Goettingen, Germany. The result of his research work as a post graduate student was documented to demonstrate the presence...
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“Weed-Free Gardening” presents a clear and easy-to-implement plan of attack to get even the most tenacious weeds under control without the need for potentially harmful synthetic herbicides.
Let's face it: weeding is far from a homeowner's favorite chore. But not everyone can afford to hire a landscape crew to keep the weeds at bay, and spraying chemical herbicides isn't a smart solution for eco-conscious homeowners or pet parents. If that's the...
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American Purgatory is a story of the working class, a dystopia set in a near-future United States marked by severe drought, herbicidal warfare, and a totalitarian climate of poverty. This purgatory is populated by those who believe if that they work hard enough, they will be set free. Against this backdrop, three unlikely characters begin a journey that will take them away from work, belief, and even each other, until the protagonist uncovers the...
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Thirty-seven years after the end of the Vietnam War an historic event occurred at busy Da Nang Airport, an Agent Orange hot spot where tonnes of the infamous herbicide were decanted and reloaded on to cargo planes for spraying across the country's lush fields and forests. Dioxin, the accidental contaminant in Agent Orange responsible for many tens of thousands of birth defects and early deaths, is regarded as probably the most poisonous of all the...
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"It's the pesticide on our dinner plates, a chemical so pervasive it's in the air we breathe, our water, our soil, and even found increasingly in our own bodies. Known as Monsanto's Roundup by consumers, and as glyphosate by scientists, the world's most popular weed killer is used everywhere from backyard gardens to golf courses to millions of acres of farmland. For decades it's been touted as safe enough to drink, but a growing body of evidence indicates...
16) Organic Companion Planting for Beginners: An Essential Guide to Growing Vegetables, Fruit, Flower
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Your definitive guide to companion planting and all its benefits!
Are you thinking about gardening as a hobby?
Do you want to grow your food but don't know where to start?
Are you concerned about how to garden without using chemicals?
Then you need this audiobook.
Companion planting is an age-old gardening technique farmers and gardeners use to grow their crops organically. When you learn how companion planting works, you'll see there's no need to...
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It's a toxic world out there. Poisonous snakes, toxic herbicides, noxious fumes - poisons in one form or another are all around us. An innocent-looking flower may be lethal, and smog can make it impossible to breathe. Poisons can be the death of us, but they can also cure disease. The second book in Annick's 50 Questions series provides answers to many intriguing questions, such as:• Should you pee on a jellyfish sting? No, douse it with vinegar!•...
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In the wake of a personal tragedy, the Hard Detective must hunt down a potential terrorist in this British mystery from the Edgar Award–nominated author.
Detective Superintendent Harriet Martens has always kept her family life separate from her work. But when tragedy strikes, that discipline becomes impossible to maintain. Her twin sons, Graham and Malcolm, both police officers in London's Notting Hill, are caught in the explosion of a terrorist's...
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Just to say Thank You for checking out this Book I want to give you a copy of my upcoming special report "The Organic Gardener's Calendar: Monthly To-Dos for Beginner Gardeners". Organic gardening is the wave of the future that takes a page from the past. It involves going back to our roots and gardening the way our grandparents and great-grandparents did. It means reclaiming our agricultural heritage from the big companies and bringing it back to...
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