Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91.960409103346.11895A-100000@rccsun> Date: Tue, 9 Apr 1996 10:39:39 +0700 From: Richard Tinsley <mailto:tinsley@AIT.AC.TH> Subject: Re: Monsanto sustainability award... To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L <mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU>
I would just like to add an additional $0.02 from Thailand. I don't think we should be condeming Monsanto or other chemical companies. As far as I can see most chemicals companies have responded rather well to environmental concerns. Much of no-contact handling adaptionation have been done through the chemical companies either alone or in conjunction with machinery companies. Also, the newer generation of many chemicals that are getting to be more pest specific or decreases half-live persistance have been company inititives. They have also been taking some of the lead in the IPM efforts and will be depended upon to develop future products that will become progressivel more envirnomenal friendly. If they don't who will.Thank you for your consideration.
Dick Tinsley
------------------------------------------- Dick Tinsley, Professor, Agricultural Systems Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) GPO 2754, Bangkok 10501, Thailand Phone: +66-2-524-5459 Fax: +66-2-524-6200 Email: mailto:tinsley@ait.ac.th