Title Ghostworkers and greens : the cooperative campaigns of farmworkers and environmentalists for pesticide reform / Adam Tompkins

Published Ithaca : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2016

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Description 1 online resource Contents Sowing the seeds of American agriculture's chemical dependency -- Hidden hands of the harvest -- The budding movement for pesticide reform, 1962-1972 -- Movements in transition : environmentalists, farmworkers, and the regulatory state, 1970-1976 -- A different kind of border war in Arizona, 1971-1986 -- Resisting rollbacks in California, 1982-1990 -- From the ground up : fumigants, ozone, health Summary Throughout the twentieth century, despite compelling evidence that some pesticides posed a threat to human and environmental health, growers and the USDA continued to favor agricultural chemicals over cultural and biological forms of pest control. In Ghostworkers and Greens, Adam Tompkins reveals a history of unexpected cooperation between farmworker groups and environmental organizations. Tompkins shows that the separate movements shared a common concern about the effects of pesticides on human health. This enabled bridge-builders within the disparate organizations to foster cooperative relationships around issues of mutual concern to share information, resources, and support. Nongovernmental organizations, particularly environmental organizations and farmworker groups, played a key role in pesticide reform. For nearly fifty years, these groups served as educators, communicating to the public scientific and experiential information about the adverse effects of pesticides on human health and the environment, and built support for the amendment of pesticide policies and the alteration of pesticide use practices. Their efforts led to the passage of more stringent regulations to better protect farmworkers, the public, and the environment. Environmental organizations and farmworker groups also acted as watchdogs, monitoring the activity of regulatory agencies and bringing suit when necessary to ensure that they fulfilled their responsibilities to the public. These groups served as not only lobbyists but also essential components of successful democratic governance, ensuring public participation and more effective policy implementation Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-219) and index Notes In English Print version record Subject Pesticides -- Environmental aspects -- United States -- History Pesticides -- Health aspects -- United States -- History Environmental health -- United States -- Citizen participation -- History Agricultural laborers -- Political activity -- United States -- History Environmentalists -- Political activity -- United States -- History Coalitions -- United States -- History BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General. Agricultural laborers -- Political activity Coalitions Environmental health -- Citizen participation Environmentalists -- Political activity Pesticides -- Environmental aspects Pesticides -- Health aspects United States Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book LC no. 2019725635 ISBN 9781501704208 1501704206 9781501704215 1501704214

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