Word: soils
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Most of Chestertown's Negroes stayed at home and did nothing. Then, in the late 30's, Vita Foods established a factory to take advantage of the extremely rich soil on the Eastern Shore. This, together with the war industries that sprouted throughout Maryland, offered full employment for both Negro and white...
...large quantities some chemicals can do harm, and the small amounts of pesticides that get into human bodies at present may have long-term effects that have not yet been recognized. New pesticides may prove to have unexpected dangers, and familiar ones may become damaging if they accumulate in soil or ground water. To avoid such threats, the report recommends: > More federal research on the effects of pesticides on humans so that better protective rules can be drawn...
...Elimination of large-scale spraying campaigns that are not really necessary. > Continuous watch on the amount of pesticides and similar chemicals accumulating in air, water, soil, man, wildlife and fish...
...Reduction, when practicable, in the use of pesticides that persist in soil and water...
Many a talent has first sprouted in the subsidized soil of the little magazines and lived to proliferate in the world of letters at large. Will it happen to Ivan Gold...