Books On Agriculture And Environment

These books are in my library and ones I have found wonderfully revealing and informative.

A groundbreaking work, Our Stolen Future, traces birth defects, sexual abnormalities, and reproductive failures to their source — synthetic chemical that mimic natural hormones, upsetting normal reproductive and developmental processes. Though not directly about domestic pets, it sheds light on the effects we may be seeing as hormonal disorders (e.g., Addison's and Cushing's diseases) in our pets.

Seeds of Deception is must reading if you want to understand the gamble with health called "genetically engineered foods". Rather than being carefully researched, we find economic and political pressure the driving factors in rushing this to our tables. Does it matter? It does if you eat. Almost every prepared food you buy now contains genetically modified foods. If you feed your pet commercial foods, then he or she it also eating these "Frankenfoods". Are they safe? Who knows. We are going to find out....

Detailed explanations of how our immune systems are being affected by modern agricultural practices is a focus of the book, Empty Harvest. Strange that in these times of modern progress, the very foods being produced for our use are undermining our health. Plants can be artifically forced to grow but do not have the time to absorb the minerals or produce the healthful nutrients necessary for good health. The overall effect is a gradual declining nutritional value of foodstuffs. Will convince you of the superiority of organic foods if nothing else does.

Fateful Harvest is an unbelievable story, unfortunately true, of how for the last 3 decades the most toxic industrial waste imanageable have been put into fertilizers and spread over our continent. Heavy metals, lead, arsenic, mercury, and cadmium have been collected from smelters and factories and trucked to fertilizer plants to end up spread on farms and gardens. Is it legal? Yes, the EPA knows about and allows it. Will these metals poison our food? You betcha. Worse yet, it is very unlikely your veterinarian will recognize signs of poisoning from any of these materials.

Debra Dadd's excellent book gives practical and specific advice on how to protect yourself and your animals from everyday toxins and health hazards. The Nontoxic Home & Office will guide you in converting your home from "sick building syndrome" to a healthy habitat.

A Consumer's Dictionary of Household and Office Chemicals is another useful reference for information on the chemicals that surround us. Easily referenced, it is a wealth of information on almost every substance you could think of.

Toxics A to Z is another reference I use. I often find it very useful to compare information from more than one source as they often complement each other. With the book above, a wonderful source of information if you want to explore the details of toxic substances commonly encountered.

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