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      <title>PESTICIDES OR HUNGER</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[AMERICAN HAS ACCOMPLISHED THE MEANS TO BANISH HUNGER AND EXPOSURE FROM THE EARTH. THIS ACHIEVEMENT HAS BEEN THE WORK OF MANY PEOPLE IN ALL WALKS OF SCIENCE AND FARMING. EACH AREA OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH HAS PLAYED ITS OWN SIGNIFICANT ROLE. AMONG THESE, CHEMISTRY HAS CONTRIBUTED SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE MANY ADVANCES IN SOIL FERTILITY, PLANT AND ANIMAL NUTRITION, PEST CONTROL AND FOOD PROCESSING, PRESERVATION AND DISTRIBUTION. AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, INCLUDING PESTICIDES, ARE ESSENTIAL FACTORS IN THE EFFICIENT PRODUCTION OF FOODSTUFFS AND, IN ADDITION, THESE CHEMICALS ARE PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REDUCTION AND CONTROL OF MANY OTHER MAJOR INSECT VECTORED DISEASES, THEREBY CONTRIBUTING TO THE HEALTH AND LONGEVITY OF AMERICAS PEOPLE. THE REAL DANGER TO MANY AREAS OF MANS SURVIVAL LIES NOT IN THE CONTROLLED USE OF CHEMICALS BUT IN THE HOARDS OF INSECTS AND MISAMA OF DISEASE WHICH COULD SWEEP OVER CROPS AND ANIMALS, DENUDE THE FORESTS AND LEAVE HUNGER AND DESTITUTION AND WANT IN THEIR WAKE.]]></description>
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