The Toxic Mist: The Use and Abuse of Pesticides
Publisher: The Regina Leader-Post
Published: 1980
Place of publication: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 23
Description: The use and safety of chemical pesticides promises to be one of the major environmental issues of the 1980s.
Increasing food production to feed more people on this planet will increase the pressure on farmers to sue more and more chemicals.  At the same time, pressure from scientists, environmentalists, and consumers could mean government action to restrict the use of many chemicals that are now on the market.
this series of stories started in June, 1980 when rumors that the Saskatchewan government was planning to ban a number of chemicals reached The Leader-Post.  While the rumors were wrong, they prompted The Leader-Post to assign reporter Peter von Stackelberg to do some research into the testing of pesticides and the problems government was facing because of the Industrial Biotest Laboratories (IBT) affair.
Since June The Leader-Post has published more than 50 stories about the sue and safety of chemical pesticides.  Many of the major stories from among those 50 are reprinted in this booklet.

Peter von Stackelberg joined The Leader-Post as a reporter in October, 1979.  Prior to working on the agriculture beat and chemical pesticide stories he covered the Saskatchewan Legislature.
Before joining The Leader-Post, he worked as a reporter with The Daily Herald Tribune in Grande Prairie, Alta.  During the four years he was there, von Stackelberg covered agriculture, environmental issues in forestry, the city hall beat and a number of other areas.
He is a graduate of the journalism program at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute in Toronto.

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Table of contents: title: Articles as published in the Regina Leader-Post June to November, 1980