Resource Pointer #73
March 20, 1996
For copies of the following resources, please contact
the appropriate publishers or organizations directly.
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*Global Pesticide Campaigner, March 1996.* Pesticide
Action Network North America (PANNA). Quarterly
periodical of pesticide and sustainable agriculture
news. March issue focuses on pesticide use reduction
strategies, featuring articles about national pesticide
reduction programs in Denmark, the Netherlands and
Sweden, and regional pesticide reduction in North
America Great Lakes basin. Includes updates regarding
international biosafety protocol, status of methyl
bromide and worldwide developments related to
pesticides. Subscription: US$25 -- individual; US$50 --
small business, government, library; US$100 --
corporate. PANNA, 116 New Montgomery #810, San
Francisco, CA 94105; phone (415) 541-9140; fax (415)
541-9253; email panna@panna.org;
http://www.panna.org/panna/.
*Toxic Sludge is Good for You! Lies, Damn Lies and the
Public Relations Industry, 1995.* John Stauber and
Sheldon Rampton. Investigates public relations (PR)
industry history, tactics and influence, and describes
specific cases in which PR strategies stifled public
debate and interfered with democratic processes.
Examines ways in which PR firms have affected discussion
regarding pesticides, toxics, public health and the
environment. 236 pp. US$16.95. Common Courage Press, Box
702, Monroe, ME 04951; phone (207) 525-0900; fax (207)
525-3068.
*Engineered Organisms in Environmental Settings:
Biotechnolgical and Agricultural Applications, 1996.*
Morris Levin and Eitan Israeli (eds.). Provides overview
of genetic engineering, describing releases to date,
regulations, precautionary measures and discussion of
engineered viruses, fungi and plants for environmental
remediation and agriculture. Contributing authors
include scientists from universities, industry and
government regulatory agencies. 201 pp. In U.S. --
US$69.95; all other countries -- US$84. CRC Press, Inc.
2000 Corporate Blvd, NW, Boca Raton, FL 33431; phone
(407) 994-0555; toll free (800) 272-7737; toll free fax
(800) 374-3401.
*Does Technology Know Where It's Going? 1996.* Jack
Kloppenburg, Jr., Neva Hassanein and Beth Burrows.
Points out factors common or integral to biotechnology
that make it an unlikely instrument of sustainable
agriculture, including that corporate structures limit
range of research, high costs of research have not yet
paid off and biotechnology developments have not yet
advanced sustainable agriculture. Discusses
technological and economic critiques of biotechnology
and emphasizes that sustainable producers already exist
who can provide models for transformation to sustainable
agricultural systems worldwide. 51 pp. US$2.50. The
Edmonds Institute, 20319--92nd Avenue West, Edmonds, WA
98020; phone (206) 775-5383; fax (206) 670-8410; email
beb@igc.apc.org.
*Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Monitor, Vol. 2,
No. 3, 1995.* United Nations Industrial Development
Organization (UNIDO). Quarterly periodical of worldwide
news related to biotechnology, includes articles about
research, applications and intellectual property rights,
and updates of UN agencies', NGOs' and other
organizations' activities. Includes reviews of books and
reports related to genetic engineering. No charge for
people in developing countries. UNIDO, Vienna
International Centre, P.O. Box 300, A-1400, Vienna,
Austria; phone (43-1) 21131-0; fax (43-1) 230-7355; soon
to be available via Internet http://www.unido.org.
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