Author: United States
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Category : Food adulteration and inspection
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
Food Inspection Decisions 1-212
Author: United States
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Food adulteration and inspection
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Food adulteration and inspection
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
The Chemistry of Fear
Author: Jonathan Rees
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421439956
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
"Harvey Wiley spent most of his professional life advocating for food free of adulterants and preservatives. He was a proponent of the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906, and he ran the Division (later Bureau) of Chemistry at the US Department of Agriculture from 1883 to 1912. He gained fame for the so-called Poison Squad experiments-in which Wiley's own employees at the USDA consumed food mixed with additives and were studied for their body chemistry. In this biography, Jonathan Rees examines Wiley's many and varied conflicts over food safety"--
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421439956
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
"Harvey Wiley spent most of his professional life advocating for food free of adulterants and preservatives. He was a proponent of the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906, and he ran the Division (later Bureau) of Chemistry at the US Department of Agriculture from 1883 to 1912. He gained fame for the so-called Poison Squad experiments-in which Wiley's own employees at the USDA consumed food mixed with additives and were studied for their body chemistry. In this biography, Jonathan Rees examines Wiley's many and varied conflicts over food safety"--
Seed Money: Monsanto's Past and Our Food Future
Author: Bartow J. Elmore
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 1324002050
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
An authoritative and eye-opening history that examines how Monsanto came to have outsized influence over our food system. Monsanto, a St. Louis chemical firm that became the world’s largest maker of genetically engineered seeds, merged with German pharma-biotech giant Bayer in 2018—but its Roundup Ready® seeds, introduced twenty-five years ago, are still reshaping the farms that feed us. When researchers found trace amounts of the firm’s blockbuster herbicide in breakfast cereal bowls, Monsanto faced public outcry. Award-winning historian Bartow J. Elmore shows how the Roundup story is just one of the troubling threads of Monsanto’s past, many told here and woven together for the first time. A company employee sitting on potentially explosive information who weighs risking everything to tell his story. A town whose residents are urged to avoid their basements because Monsanto’s radioactive waste laces their homes’ foundations. Factory workers who peel off layers of their skin before accepting cash bonuses to continue dirty jobs. An executive wrestling with the ethics of selling a profitable product he knew was toxic. Incorporating global fieldwork, interviews with company employees, and untapped corporate and government records, Elmore traces Monsanto’s astounding evolution from a scrappy chemical startup to a global agribusiness powerhouse. Monsanto used seed money derived from toxic products—including PCBs and Agent Orange—to build an agricultural empire, promising endless bounty through its genetically engineered technology. Skyrocketing sales of Monsanto’s new Roundup Ready system stunned even those in the seed trade, who marveled at the influx of cash and lavish incentives into their sleepy sector. But as new data emerges about the Roundup system, and as Bayer faces a tide of lawsuits over Monsanto products past and present, Elmore’s urgent history shows how our food future is still very much tethered to the company’s chemical past.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 1324002050
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
An authoritative and eye-opening history that examines how Monsanto came to have outsized influence over our food system. Monsanto, a St. Louis chemical firm that became the world’s largest maker of genetically engineered seeds, merged with German pharma-biotech giant Bayer in 2018—but its Roundup Ready® seeds, introduced twenty-five years ago, are still reshaping the farms that feed us. When researchers found trace amounts of the firm’s blockbuster herbicide in breakfast cereal bowls, Monsanto faced public outcry. Award-winning historian Bartow J. Elmore shows how the Roundup story is just one of the troubling threads of Monsanto’s past, many told here and woven together for the first time. A company employee sitting on potentially explosive information who weighs risking everything to tell his story. A town whose residents are urged to avoid their basements because Monsanto’s radioactive waste laces their homes’ foundations. Factory workers who peel off layers of their skin before accepting cash bonuses to continue dirty jobs. An executive wrestling with the ethics of selling a profitable product he knew was toxic. Incorporating global fieldwork, interviews with company employees, and untapped corporate and government records, Elmore traces Monsanto’s astounding evolution from a scrappy chemical startup to a global agribusiness powerhouse. Monsanto used seed money derived from toxic products—including PCBs and Agent Orange—to build an agricultural empire, promising endless bounty through its genetically engineered technology. Skyrocketing sales of Monsanto’s new Roundup Ready system stunned even those in the seed trade, who marveled at the influx of cash and lavish incentives into their sleepy sector. But as new data emerges about the Roundup system, and as Bayer faces a tide of lawsuits over Monsanto products past and present, Elmore’s urgent history shows how our food future is still very much tethered to the company’s chemical past.
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author:
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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
Monthly Catalogue, United States Public Documents
Author:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1000
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1000
Book Description
Monthly Catalog, United States Public Documents
Author:
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ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 730
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 730
Book Description
Druggists' Circular
Author:
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Category : Pharmaceutical chemistry
Languages : en
Pages : 1122
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Pharmaceutical chemistry
Languages : en
Pages : 1122
Book Description
Dictionary Catalog of the National Agricultural Library, 1862-1965
Author: National Agricultural Library (U.S.)
Publisher:
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 776
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 776
Book Description
Guide to U.S. Government Serials & Periodicals
Author: John L. Andriot
Publisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 850
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 850
Book Description
A Catalog of Books Represented by Library of Congress Printed Cards Issued to July 31, 1942
Author:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 782
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 782
Book Description