Author: Mark Purdey
Publisher: CLAIRVIEW BOOKS
ISBN: 1905570112
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 289

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Mark Purdey's life changed one day in 1984, when a Ministry of Agriculture inspector told him he must administer a toxic organophosphate pesticide to his dairy herd. Passionately committed to organic farming and convinced of the harmful effects of chemicals in the environment, he refused to comply. "It was as if my whole life became focused," he explained later. Before they had a chance to prosecute, Purdey took the Ministry to court and won his case. Those experiences led him to challenge the orthodox line on the origins of Mad Cow Disease and its human counterpart, variant CJD. Could the insecticide used in the official program have precipitated the spread of the disease? Purdey's quest to discover the truth was hampered at every turn by government bureaucracies and self-serving scientific cliques who sought to smear and marginalize him. Dogged by dirty tricks and forced to work alone as something of a scientific sleuth, he struggled to reveal hidden interests and dangerous secrets. His supporters included many members of the public, as well as Prince Charles, as well as the poet Ted Hughes, who wrote to him expressing "a million congratulations." Increasingly sceptical of the official narrative, Purdey was certain that toxic environmental factors would provide answers, and so embarked on a self-funded worldwide odyssey to investigate. Animal Pharm follows him on these eco-detective trails to locations as diverse as Iceland, Sardinia, Colorado, and Australia. Purdey uncovers contamination from industry, munitions, pesticides, nuclear experiments, and natural geology, linking these with the emergence of a range of neurodegenerative diseases. His research is at once compelling and disturbing, helping to create a paradigm shift in our understanding of the relationship of pollutants to disease and health.

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Languages : en
Pages : 422

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Author: Milly Cattell
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Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 92

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Author: John Anthony Crisp
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Languages : en
Pages : 294

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Languages : en
Pages : 200

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Author: Adam White
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Category : Animal behavior
Languages : en
Pages : 416

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Popular history of mammals with much Australian interest including the platypus (ornithorhyncus anatinus), kangaroo, opossums and Tasmanian devil. Includes many references to natural historians who worked in Australia, eg, John Gould, Captain Stokes on the Beagle and the travel accounts of Sir George Grey.

Author: Henry H. Methuen
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Category : Africa, Southern
Languages : en
Pages : 346

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Author: Holman Day
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Category : Maine
Languages : en
Pages : 420

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Author: Holman Day
Publisher: DigiCat
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 269

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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Squire Phin" by Holman Day. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author: Charlotte M. Yonge
Publisher: Good Press
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Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164

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"The Stokesley Secret" by Charlotte M. Yonge. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.