Economic Poisoning

" Economic Poisoning turns our perspective on agricultural chemicals upside down."--Evan Hepler-Smith, Assistant Professor of History, Duke University "In this fantastic book, Adam Romero reveals stories about pesticides never told before, most notably the profound imbrication of industrial waste production and chemicals that could kill anything that interfered with crops. At a time when closed-loop material ecologies are an environmental aspiration, Romero challenges us to rethink this received wisdom."--Julie Guthman, author of Wilted : Pathogens, Chemicals, and the Fragile Future of the Strawberry Industry "This book brilliantly illuminates the synergies between the production of industrial waste and the industrialization of agriculture in a way no other has. In Romero's telling, America's agricultural landscape was never a manifestation of Thomas Jefferson's agrarian dream but a toxic sump."--Linda Nash, author of Inescapable Ecologies: A History of Environment, Disease, and Knowledge