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...reminded us clearly that colonial America bore little resemblance to the comfortable, socially amenable, insect-and disease-free Williamsburg restoration...
...because of the objections of a single trade organization, whose members included large exporting companies. In addition, the report said grain inspectors often failed to notify the Food and Drug Administration of "deleterious substances" in grain destined for human consumption. Among them: poisonous mercury-treated kernels, rodent excreta and insect-damaged kernels. The report further charged that elevator operators were allowed to blend as much as 10% off-grade grain into a cargo bound for a foreign country...
...ants' venom, which can cause coma in allergic individuals, produces the painful burning sensation that gives the ants their name. Despite the undeniable menace of the fire ant, Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz last month announced the end of his department's 13-year effort to control the insect...
...THOUGH THE insect metaphors held over from Korea had not disappeared, they had lost most of their sting. It was so clear that the insects would take care of themselves. Far more serious, under the circumstances, was most papers' inability to resolve their overview even a little, to vary their alarms of struggle and flight with any specifics about what immediately preceded and followed them. For example, why were the refugees running away...
...diet for the tilapia. Nothing is wasted: in the warm greenhouse space above the ponds, the new alchemists grow vegetables even in the dead of the New England winter. The plants are fertilized by the nutrient-laden fish water. To protect their harvests against bugs, the scientists have brought insect-eating frogs, spiders and chameleons instead of pesticides into the greenhouses...