“Wearebeingpoisoned,andthisbookissoundingawell-informedalarm.Readit.Geteducatedandthenjointhethousandsrisingupagainstthosewhocaremoreforprofitthanthehealthofourbodiesandourearth.“-EveEnsler,NewYorkTimesbestsellingauthorChemicalpoisonshaveinfiltratedallfacetsofourlives--housing,agriculture,workplaces,sidewalks,subways,schools,parks,eventheairwebreathe.MorethanhalfacenturysinceRachelCarsonissuedSilentSpring--hercall-to-armsagainstthepoisoningofourdrinkingwater,food,animals,air,andthenaturalenvironment--TheFightAgainstMonsanto’sRounduptakesafreshlookatthepoliticsunderlyingthemassuseofpesticidesandthechallengespeoplearoundtheworldaremakingagainstthepurveyorsofpoisonandthegovernmentsthatenablethem.ThescientistsandactivistscontributingtoTheFightAgainstMonsanto’sRoundup,editedbylong-timeGreenactivistMitchelCohen,explorenotonlythedangersofglyphosate--betterknownas“Roundup“--butthecampaignresultinginglyphosatebeingdeclaredasaprobablecancer-causingagent.Inanagewherebannedpesticidesaresimplyreplacedwithnewerandmoredeadlyones,andwherecorporationssuchasMonsanto,Bayer,DowandDuPontscuttleattemptstoregulatetheproductstheymanufacture,whatistheeffective,practical,andphilosophicalframeworkforbanningglyphosateandotherpesticides?TheFightAgainstMonsanto’sRoundup:ThePoliticsofPesticidestakeslessonsfromactivistswhohavecomebeforeandoffersaradicalapproachthatisessentialfordefendinglifeonthisplanetandcreatingforourkids,andforourselves,afutureworthlivingin.ThispaperbackeditionisupdatedwithanewprefaceandintroductionbyMitchelCohen.
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