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How the Government Got in Your Backyard distills the science, the politics, and the unbiased, nonpartisan truth behind hot-button environmental issues from pesticides to global warming. By clearly representing what the left says, what the right says, what the science is, and what the facts are, Gillman and Heberlig don't set out to provide the answer - they light the path so concerned citizens can uncover their own true and informed opinion. I...

Biotechnology the future or a genetic time bomb? Renewable fuels the key to cleaner air or just corporate welfare? Greenhouse gasses baking the earth to death or just a needless worry? Plant patents improving gardens and farms or just profiteering? When you stop to think about it, the government has its hand in every important environmental issue. And with the left and the right raucously disagreeing about whether the government s policies are...

Gardeners tend to assume that any product or practice labeled as organic is automatically safe for humans and beneficial to the environment. This book says that it is not universally true, and the exceptions can pose a significant threat to human health.

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Can beer make plants grow? How about buttermilk? Is it true about planting trees in deep holes? And how about chasing insects with hot sauce and stopping slugs with eggshells? This title assesses historic advice and reveals the how and why - and sometimes why not - for more than 100 common and uncommon gardening practices.