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Review : Pest wars

17 January 1998

Whether killing cockroaches or propping up the green revolution, we use
more chemical pesticides worldwide today than ever before. Silent Spring? Who鈥檚
heard of it? In Nature Wars: People vs Pests, Mark Winston explains why we still
wage chemical warfare against pests鈥攁nd why we can鈥檛 win. Published by
Harvard University Press, 拢16.50, ISBN 0674605411.

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