Thank pesticides for being alive

The book that debunks myths about the unfair chemicals used in the field.

Fundamental to controlling pests that devastated crops for centuries, and responsible for increasing crop productivity, pesticides and fertilizers were vilified by organic food advocates, becoming treated as the source of all evil.

The result of rigorous research by journalist Nicholas Vital, which included more than fifty interviews and research into dozens of works on the subject, this book demands that we forget everything we've ever heard about pesticides and read it without prejudice.

Debunking myths such as that Brazilians ""ingest 5.2 liters of pesticides per year"" or that our fruits and vegetables are contaminated with poisonous substances, Thank Pesticides for Being Alive shows how pesticides have actually contributed to reducing hunger in the world and making it a better place.