Pesticides, Neoliberalism and the Politics of Acceptable Death

http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/10/02/pesticides-clinton-style-politics-and-acceptable-death/

Publisher:  CounterPunch
Date Written:  02/10/2015
Year Published:  2015  
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX18086

In 1900, cancer killed three people in America out of every hundred. Today, it's 33 out of every 100 -- more than one-in-four Americans die from cancer. These figures come from Dr. Joseph Weissman, a professor of medicine at UCLA. Weissman reckons that a fair slice of this explosion in cancer mortality can be laid at the door of petro-chemicals, particularly those used by the food industry.

Subject Headings

• Agricultural Chemicals
• Cancer
• Carcinogens
• Chemical Industry
• Chemical Safety
• Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals
• Endocrine Disruptors
• Farming Practices
• Farmworkers
• Food Issues
• Food Safety
• Lobbyists
• Pesticide Toxicity
• Pesticides
• Pesticides/Overuse
• Safety
• Safety Standards