Sun, 27 Nov 2005

U.S. Farmers Use Pesticide Despite Treaty

So they say that "alternative organic techniques are too costly ..." But I have to ask, "What's the cost of this regimen of poisoning the Earth?" The price might not be apparent this year, or next, or even in a quarter century. But ultimately you reap what you sow, and we've been sowing a crop of death for longer than I care to think about.

AP - Shoppers rifle through store shelves brimming with succulent tomatoes and plump strawberries, hoping to enjoy one last round of fresh fruit before the Western growing season ends. There is no hint of a dark side to the blaze of red.

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