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  1. Bitter Harvest: Pesticides and the Third World (1986 Video)

    Subject
    Development studies; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette.

    Discusses the problems of pesticides in the Third World. These include outbreaks of secondary pests, pesticide resistance, the need for continuous research and development of improved pesticides and the...

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  2. Cost of Cotton, The (1979 Film)

    Producer
    Luis Argueta; David Temple
    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Documents excessive and uncontrolled use of pesticides in Guatemala. The country’s cotton production depends on aerial spraying of pesticides every two or three days during the harvest. The consequences...

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  3. Home and Away (1991 Video)

    Producer
    Tony Jolly
    Subject
    Chemistry
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1999 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Every day we take for granted hundred of chemicals in our homes while perhaps deploring the use of pesticides by farmers. The benefits that chemicals bring are not totally without risk. It is up to us...

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  4. Killer Bargain, A (2008)

    Director
    Tom Heinemann
    Subject
    Agriculture; Environmental science; Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 57 minutes), 28 euros

    A critical look at the cotton industry in India. Multinational companies are involved in promoting the extensive use of pesticides, many of which are banned in the western world. The bleaching and dyeing...

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  5. Life in the Balance (1976 Video)

    Subject
    Agriculture
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Betamax, VHS. col. 22 min.

    Examines the role of pesticides in correcting the imbalance between world food production and population growth. Shows the work of scientists at Jealott’s Hill Research Station, where test procedures are...

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  6. Green Machines (1993 Video)

    Producer
    Philip Ashby
    Subject
    Agriculture; Biology
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence, Videocassette. VHS. col. 24 min.

    Food production is a highly technical business. This programme looks at long-term sustainability in farming. Looks at the basic scientific principles of plant growth - the balance between nutrient and energy...

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  7. Eco: Unnatural Solutions (1985 Video)

    Director
    Paul Cleary
    Producer
    Vivica Parsons
    Subject
    Agriculture; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 26 min.

    A survey of the effects on foxes, otters, bees, birds, etc. of the effects of DDT, dieldrin, aldrin, glyophosate, lindane, paraquat, 2,4,5-T, ioxynil and phosphorus compounds. The dangers of spray drift on...

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  8. Pest Wars (1992 Video)

    Producer
    Chris Haws; Sean Morris
    Subject
    Agriculture
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 1997 sale: £30.00 (inc. VAT +p&p) INCA 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p) BBC

    Questions the efficiency of chemical pesticides, which are revealed to be expensive, environmentally unfriendly and ineffective. Reviews the development of biological pest control, looking at current...

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  9. Advancing Water Quality (1991 Video)

    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    Free loan, Videocassette. VHS. col. 9 min.

    Explains Advanced Water Treatment, an initiative that includes the use of granular activated carbon, ozone, and various other materials and techniques to improve the taste and odour of drinking water and...

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  10. Lindane Legacy, The (1994 Video)

    Director
    David Feingold
    Producer
    Hilary Dawkins; Ray Dawkins
    Subject
    Environmental science; Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 41 min., 1999 sale: £30.00 (+VAT inc. p&p) (UK education)

    Investigates links between increasing rates of breast cancer in the UK and the pesticide Lindane.

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