The year of ecology

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" The year of ecology "
Cushing, Robert L. L.

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	941555
Doc. No	:	LA1g440273
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Cushing, Robert L. L.
Title & Author	:	The year of ecology [Article]\ Cushing, Robert L. L.
Title of Periodical	:	Proceedings of the Vertebrate Pest Conference
Volume/ Issue Number	:	4
Date	:	1970
Abstract	:	The keynote speaker comments on the advent of the “Year of Ecology,” with concerns that some of the current environmental rhetoric fails to understand the science behind pest control and the current practices of food production and food processing. In regard to pests, 4tThroughout history man has always made value judgements about other organisms that share our world, and always decides in favor of himself. It is a concern that we will almost certainly lose some of the more useful chemical tools used in pest control, as a result of the emotional concern about pollution, and it is already becoming increasingly difficult to get registration and residue tolerance for new pesticides. All pest control measures are going to continue to be under attack. The solution is to continue to depend up on the scientific method: do basic research, get the facts, and leave emotions out of our decisions, and lastly, speak out.