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RECORD NUMBER: 2 OF 22Main Title | A worm in the teacher's apple : protecting America's school children from pests and pesticides / | |||||||||||
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Author | Lame, Marc L. | |||||||||||
Publisher | AuthorHouse, | |||||||||||
Year Published | 2005 | |||||||||||
OCLC Number | 65169163 | |||||||||||
ISBN | 1420839357; 9781420839357 | |||||||||||
Subjects | Schools--Environmental aspects--United States ; Pesticides--Environmental aspects ; Children--Health risk assessment ; Environmental protection ; Environmental health--United States | |||||||||||
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Collation | xvii, 238 pages ; 23 cm | |||||||||||
Notes | Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-215) and index. |
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Contents Notes | Part 1. Problems. There is no "silver bullet" but there is a "treadmill" -- Back to school, Dr. Lame, the reality of agrichemicals -- Part 2. Solutions. What our children deserve, "just do the right thing" -- The good, the bad, and the ugly -- Part 3. Implementation. Pest management is people management: creating the model for successful implementation of IPM in schools -- Building a better mousetrap in Indiana: "Do what you are doing now just think pests" -- Sneaking back into Arizona: testing the IPM model -- Expanding the model in Alabama -- Gambling in Las Vegas -- Reservations about the reservation : the Navajo nation -- Part 4. Tools. The process for success: "IPM is a process, not a miracle" -- Resources for success: "comrades and conspirators" -- Policymaking for school IPM: "Talk is cheap." |