1.A fable for tomorow
2.The obligation to endure
害虫的抗药性
农业造成单一种植（
the intensification of agriculture引自 1-17
）
This is an era of specialists, each of whom see his own problem and is unware of or intolerant of the larger frame into which of it fits引自 1-17
.-全局意识 通识教育 人文素养
3.Elixirs of Death
杀虫剂产业是二战化学战的产物
杀虫剂（1）传统：砷化物
（2）现代：氯代烃（DDT）
有机磷（马拉息昂、对硫磷）抑制乙酰胆碱分解
脂溶性、生物富集性、协同性
4.Surface Waters and Underground Seas
5.Realms of the Soil
破坏土壤生物圈平衡
6.Earth's Green Mantle
对植物的影响
Is it wise or desirable to use substances with such strong effect or physiological process for the control of insects?引自 1-17
7.Needless Havoc
The question is whether any civilization can wage relentless war on life without destroying itself, and without losing the right to be called civilized.引自 1-17
8.And No Birds Sing （知更鸟的故事）
（1）直接中毒
（2）破坏生态系统
9.Rivers of Death
农药通过雨水、河流等危害水生生物
10.Indiscriminately from the Skies
11.Beyond the Dreams of the Borgias
Each of these recurrent exposures, no matter how slight, contribute to the progressive buil-up of chemicals in our bodies and so to cummulative poisioning.引自 1-17
措施：
（1）禁用（
the elimination of tolerances引自 1-17
）剧毒化学品
（2）加强监管
（3）开发毒性小的替代品
（4）公众教育
（5）非化学方法（生物）
12.The Human Price
长期，潜伏性影响，致癌
Man, however much he may like to pretend the contrary, is part of the nature.
Damage to the nervous system is not confined to acute poisioning; there may also be delayed effects from exposure.引自 1-17
13.Through a Narrow Window
14.One in Every Four （白血病）
What the public is asked to accept as "safe" today may turn out tomorrow to be extremelyl dangerous.引自 1-17
There is no "safe" dose of a carcinogen.引自 1-17
癌症的两种机制：（1）细胞缺氧（？）
（2）染色体变异
It would be unrealistic to suppose that all chemical carcinogens can or will be eliminated from the modern world. But a very large proportion are by no means necesities of life.引自 1-17
15.Nature Fights Back
化学制品公司投资科研院校
16.The Rumblings of an Avalanche
17.The Other Road
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