[.ca] Saving The Planet Through Pesticides And (ISBN 1558130691)

driving the environmental whackos crazy........:
I only rated this 4 stars instead of 5 since Avery could have shortened the book a bit by avoiding repetition. Excellent exposé of the flawed paranoia being peddled by environmentalists, conservationists and others who need something to do and keep discovering new "crises" to spend your money on.....

A rational argument to why life is worth living!:
Truly the best read I have had in years. Avery's arguments are rational and truly challenge the messages delivered in today's media. I have placed Avery's book on the "special" bookshelf for my young children. The shelf is to reflect the world that I was raised in and includes fictional accounts by Rifken and like. This non-fictional view of the world weighs risk against benefit, and challenges the layers of "environmental" issues. I feel better about our food, water, and agriculture systems. I spoke with my elderly mother and she reaffirmed the benefits accrued over the years from our agriculture systems, medicines, water and waste systems, etc. The childhood diseases of 1930 were pretty scary. Read the book and enjoy it. You will pass it on to others to both enlighten and challenge. Perhaps worthwhile as part of a school curiculum.