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EVST 255: Environmental Politics and Law

Lecture 08 - Chemically Dependent Agriculture. The change from smaller, more diverse farms to larger single-crop farms in the U.S. has led to greater reliance on pesticides for pest management. Other changes as the U.S. food system becomes more commercialized include: increased use of additives, higher food prices, more water and energy consumption for agriculture, and more pesticide residues entering food through processing. Pesticides have also been used to combat insect-borne diseases, like malaria. The lecture provides an overview of relevant food, agriculture, and pesticide law, and covers the changes in pesticide use as scientific knowledge of a given chemical (i.e. DDT) improves. (from oyc.yale.edu)

Lecture 08 - Chemically Dependent Agriculture

Time Lecture Chapters
[00:00:00] 1. The Consequences of Centralized Farm Ownership
[00:12:49] 2. Key Problems Associated with Food Production
[00:23:32] 3. Dominant Statutes for Pesticide Control
[00:28:59] 4. Malaria Control and the Marketing of DDT
[00:38:52] 5. DDT's Effects on the Environment and Health

References
Lecture 8 - Chemically Dependent Agriculture
Instructor: Professor John Wargo. Resources: Lecture 8 [PDF]. Transcript [html]. Audio [mp3]. Download Video [mov].

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Lecture 01 - Introduction to the Course
Lecture 02 - Principles and Strategies in Environmental Law
Lecture 03 - Nuclear Experiments
Lecture 04 - Nuclear Secrecy and Ecology
Lecture 05 - Preparing for War: NEPA
Lecture 06 - Marine Food-Chains: Mercury
Lecture 07 - Site Restoration Law
Lecture 08 - Chemically Dependent Agriculture
Lecture 09 - Risk and Law: Pesticide Paradigm
Lecture 10 - Safe Drinking Water: Science and Law
Lecture 11 - Safety Claims and Free Speech: Preemption and Defamation
Lecture 12 - Air Quality Law: Margins of Safety
Lecture 13 - Vehicle Emissions and Public Transit
Lecture 14 - The Quiet Revolution in Plastics
Lecture 15 - The Tobacco Paradigm
Lecture 16 - Evolution of Tobacco Law
Lecture 17 - Land Use and Conservation Law: The Adirondack History
Lecture 18 - Property Rights and Public Lands Management
Lecture 19 - Land Use Law and Property Rights
Lecture 20 - Managing Coastal Resources in an Era of Climate Change
Lecture 21 - Certification: Design and Green Architecture
Lecture 22 - Past and Future of Nuclear Power
Lecture 23 - Renewable Energy Policies
Lecture 24 - Reflection and Lessons