Cost of Cotton, The

Synopsis: 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 include the world’s highest levels of DDT in mothers’ milk, health problems associated with toxicity among agricultural workers, depletion of fish resources, the resurgence of malaria and high levels of pesticides in beef and dairy products.
Language: English
Country: United States
Medium: Film; Film. 16mm. sd. col. 30 min.
Technical information: Black-and-white / Sound
Year of production: 1979
Availability: Hire
Uses: Undergraduate geography students studying Latin America.*
Subjects: Environmental science
Keywords: cotton industry; developing countries; Guatemala; pesticides; pollution; toxic substances

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