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Spray Job: Corporations and Pesticide use
January 3, 2001
Listen/download helpThe use of pesticides is widespread in agriculture today, and there are many examples of grassroots efforts to curb their use and to introduce alternatives. But resistance by chemical companies and agribusiness has prevented any major transitions. On this program we take a look at pesticides and some of the dangers they pose.
Featuring:
Stephanie Freed, Environmental Defense; Marcia Ishii-Eiteman, Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA); Fred Kirschenmann, Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture; Dr. Marion Moses, Pesticide Education Center; Erica Rosenthal, Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund; Jim Scott-Behrends, Farm Without Harm; Bill Walker, Environmental Working Group.
For more information:
Environmental Defense
1267 Puualoha Street
Kailua, Hawaii 96734
tel/fax: 808-262-7128
www.environmentaldefense.org
Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA)
49 Powell Street, #500
San Francisco, California 94102
415-981-1771;
fax: 415-981-2727
www.panna.org
Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture
209 Curtis Hall, Iowa State University
Aimes, Iowa 50011
515-294-5588
www.leopold.iastate.edu
Pesticide Education Center
P.O. Box 420870
San Francisco, California 94142
415-391-8511; pec@igc.org
www.pesticides.org/pesticides
Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund
180 Montgomery Street, Suite 1400
San Francisco, California 94104-4209
415-627-6700;
fax: 415-627-6740
www.earthjustice.org
Farm Without Harm
P.O. BOX 1487
Castroville, California 95012
831-728-9138
www.amesti.santacruz.k12.ca.us/farmwithoutharm.html
Environmental Working Group
1904 Franklin Street, Suite 515
Oakland, California 94612
510-444-0973;
fax: 510-444-0982; california@ewg.org
www.ewg.org