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Summary: compelling arguments
Review: Actually, the base "-cid" comes from the Latin "cadere" and means "to fall". This term was modified by the Romans to mean "to kill" as in "occedere". Another example of factual misrepresentation on both sides of the environmental debate. Avery trys to answer some of the big questions left unanswered by environmentalists: If our food is being poisoned, why are we healthier and living longer than ever before in the course of human history? If chemicals are polluting the environment, why is it now safe to swim in rivers that have previously been too polluted? Why is the air cleaner than 20 years ago, despite a huge increase in motorized traffic? I would also recommend Peter Huber's "Hard Green".
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Summary: compelling arguments
Review: Actually, the base "-cid" comes from the Latin "cadere" and means "to fall". This term was modified by the Romans to mean "to kill" as in "occedere". Another example of factual misrepresentation on both sides of the environmental debate. Avery trys to answer some of the big questions left unanswered by environmentalists: If our food is being poisoned, why are we healthier and living longer than ever before in the course of human history? If chemicals are polluting the environment, why is it now safe to swim in rivers that have previously been too polluted? Why is the air cleaner than 20 years ago, despite a huge increase in motorized traffic? I would also recommend Peter Huber's "Hard Green".
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Summary: Save the Science
Review: Growing more per area is responsible for saving more land to the nature and High-yield Conservation is supported by two nobel peace prize laureates (Dr Norman Borlaug and Dr Oscar Arias) and many others. See the declaration at http://www.highyieldconservation.org/. The book's tittle is a bit "drama oriented" in my oppinion: it seems that Mr Avery is trying to use the same tool that most environmentalist do.
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Summary: driving the environmental whackos crazy........
Review: I only rated this 4 stars instead of 5 since Avery could have shortened the book a bit by avoiding repetition. Excellent exposé of the flawed paranoia being peddled by environmentalists, conservationists and others who need something to do and keep discovering new "crises" to spend your money on.....
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Summary: driving the environmental whackos crazy........
Review: I only rated this 4 stars instead of 5 since Avery could have shortened the book a bit by avoiding repetition. Excellent exposé of the flawed paranoia being peddled by environmentalists, conservationists and others who need something to do and keep discovering new "crises" to spend your money on.....
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Summary: unbelievable
Review: The reviews I have seen here reflect more ignorance than I have encountered in a long time. Dennis T. Avery apparently doesn't know the first thing about human and environmental health, and unfortunately there are enough gullible Americans out there to perpetuate such blatantly self-indulgent ideas. It's ok not to care about your own health (with the environment and soil quality at its foundation), but not to consider the health of others is just irresponsible.
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Summary: Oh, believe me, ONE is too many. . . .
Review: This is the most bogus piece of propaganda I've had the misfortune of stumbling across in a long time. Makes me wonder which agribusiness is behind this one. I will never cease to be amazed at the shamelessness of some people. Need I remind "mad dog" Avery that -cid (as in pestiCIDe) comes from Latin and means "killing". Somehow this seems a little incongruous in a sentence with words like "saving" , "environmental" and "triumph".
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Summary: driving the environmental whackos crazy........
Review: Truly the best read I have had in years. Avery's arguments are rational and truly challenge the messages delivered in today's media. I have placed Avery's book on the "special" bookshelf for my young children. The shelf is to reflect the world that I was raised in and includes fictional accounts by Rifken and like. This non-fictional view of the world weighs risk against benefit, and challenges the layers of "environmental" issues. I feel better about our food, water, and agriculture systems. I spoke with my elderly mother and she reaffirmed the benefits accrued over the years from our agriculture systems, medicines, water and waste systems, etc. The childhood diseases of 1930 were pretty scary. Read the book and enjoy it. You will pass it on to others to both enlighten and challenge. Perhaps worthwhile as part of a school curiculum.
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