“Pesticide Regions Linked to Autism” is the title of an article written by Edward Ortiz, in the Sacramento Bee, on June 23rd 2014*. Mr. Ortiz's article goes on to discuss the results of a study published by a team of researchers from UC Davis and their dramatic research findings showing that “pregnant women who live near areas where agricultural pesticides are applied demonstrate a [...]
Can there really be a wrong and right “cide” to a pesticide? Now I did take a little literary license here, with the title above, and do mean “side” not “cide”, but why let one small letter stand in the way of a bad pun?In 1962 Rachel Carson wrote a book named The Silent Spring*, which sent shock waves through the [...]