Whitewash : the story of a weed killer, cancer, and the corruption of science / Carey Gillam.
Whitewash : the story of a weed killer, cancer, and the corruption of science / Carey Gillam.
Whitewash : the story of a weed killer, cancer, and the corruption of science / Carey Gillam.
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Washington, DC : Island Press, [2017]
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G 2018/0098
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English
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xiv, 305 pages ; 24 cm
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Introduction : A silent stalker -- What killed Jack McCall? -- An award-winning discovery -- The "roundup ready" rollout -- Weed killer for breakfast -- Under the microscope -- Spinning the science -- A poisoned paradise -- Angst in Argentina -- Uproar in Europe -- When weeds don't die, but butterfl...
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Washington, DC : Island Press, [2017]
Date Published
[2017]
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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 acre...
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Whitewash : the story of a weed killer, cancer, and the corruption of science / Carey Gillam.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-293) and index.
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©2017
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G 2018/0098
Record Identifier
74VKVGRl7W4b
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVGRl7W4b
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ISBN
9781610918329
DDC
631.584
MMS ID
991024152413502626
