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A 5 page research paper that discusses this ecological issue. There is a tremendous national debate concerning a vital social issue that addresses a topic that is basic to everyday life. This issue concerns the nation's food supply and how production methods interact with the environment and affect issues of food safety. Business and consumer groups are marshaling their forces on either side of this debate. However, examination of their arguments tend to favor those who would like to see the agricultural industry's dependence on synthetic pesticides diminished. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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and how production methods interact with the environment and affect issues of food safety. Business and consumer groups are marshaling their forces on either side of this debate. However, examination
of their arguments tend to favor those who would like to see the agricultural industrys dependence on synthetic pesticides diminished. Ecologist Rachel Carson was one of the first to
warn Americans about the hazards of synthetic pesticide use in her landmark text The Silent Spring, which was published in 1962. In this book, Carson warned specifically about the prolific
use of DDT, which she predicted would decimate the bird population. Even at this time, forty years ago, toxic residue from pesticides could be found everywhere in the environment--in the
water supply, in animals, and in human (Cook 34). At that time, the country listened and DDT use became highly restricted. However, the current administration of George W. Bush
has eased restrictions on synthetic pesticide use by both homeowners and farmers. Under these new regulations, court-ordered "no spray zones" that were established along rivers to protect salmon and other
fish populations could be rolled back (Cook 34). For decades, ecologically minded social activists have battled against what they term as the "dirty dozen," that is the most dangerous synthetic
pesticides, such as DDT and chlodane (Cook 34). However, any advances made by these activists can be eradicated with the stroke of a presidential pen, or as Chris Cook puts
it, "Using toxins that may imperil life just got easier" (Cook 34). Today, the American agricultural industry uses roughly a billion pounds of pesticides per year (Cook 34). Roughly 85
percent of all American crops rely on synthetic pesticides. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) concedes that all pesticides are toxic to some degree (Zanecosky 22). Scientific research has confirmed
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