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...poisonings were apparently caused by aldicarb, a pesticide marketed by Union Carbide under the trade name Temik. Aldicarb effectively protects soybeans, potatoes, cotton, sugar beets and citrus fruits, but is banned for use with watermelon. Some California farmers contend that their melons picked up the chemical from residues in fields where it had been applied to other crops years ago. Union Carbide insists, however, that its tests show aldicarb degrades to safe levels within 180 days. California Department of Food and Agriculture Director Clare Berryhill voiced "strong suspicions" that some farmers had knowingly misused the pesticide and added...
...shirt?" A speaker at a 1999 Georgetown University student protest against sweatshops turned that question into an accusation. Pietra Rivoli, a professor of business, heard something more: a challenge to find the answer. A few weeks later, she bought a T shirt and began tracing its path from Texas cotton farm to Chinese factory to charity bin. The result is an engrossing new book, The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy (Wiley; 254 pages...
...even color. Rivoli doesn't allow the charts and capsules of economic history to drain the book of its color. It is full of memorable characters and vivid scenes, like the "sensory assault" of a textile mill--deafening noise, suffocating air and the "musty-sweet smell of the cotton," she says. "Here in the factory, Shanghai smells like Shallowater, Texas...
Perfect Date Now: A date’s exciting if something forbidden is going on. Or a really nice hotel in Hawaii with nice wine, a veranda at sunset, palm trees and Egyptian cotton sheets...
...More Bale Outs WTO appeal judges declared subsidies to U.S. cotton growers, worth about $2.7 billion in 2003, illegal. The verdict will likely inspire other challenges to U.S. and E.U. trade subsidies...