EVST 255: Environmental Politics and Law
Lecture 08 - Chemically Dependent Agriculture. The change from smaller, more diverse farms to larger single-crop farms in the U.S. has led to greater reliance on pesticides for pest management. Other changes as the U.S. food system becomes more commercialized include: increased use of additives, higher food prices, more water and energy consumption for agriculture, and more pesticide residues entering food through processing. Pesticides have also been used to combat insect-borne diseases, like malaria. The lecture provides an overview of relevant food, agriculture, and pesticide law, and covers the changes in pesticide use as scientific knowledge of a given chemical (i.e. DDT) improves. (from oyc.yale.edu)
| Lecture 08 - Chemically Dependent Agriculture |
| Time | Lecture Chapters |
| [00:00:00] | 1. The Consequences of Centralized Farm Ownership |
| [00:12:49] | 2. Key Problems Associated with Food Production |
| [00:23:32] | 3. Dominant Statutes for Pesticide Control |
| [00:28:59] | 4. Malaria Control and the Marketing of DDT |
| [00:38:52] | 5. DDT's Effects on the Environment and Health |
| References |
| Lecture 8 - Chemically Dependent Agriculture Instructor: Professor John Wargo. Resources: Lecture 8 [PDF]. Transcript [html]. Audio [mp3]. Download Video [mov]. |
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