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Re: Pesticide Taxes



In <5680e0$33s@agate.berkeley.edu>, lhom@nature.berkeley.edu (Louis Hom) writes:
>I overheard someone talking about revenues from pesticide taxes being used
>to fund research for alternatives to pesticides -- but I don't know if they
>were speaking hypothetically, or if something like this really exists or is
>being planned.  Does anyone know?  

Although its not as direct as the proposal you discuss, you should 
know that something akin to this already takes place with many crops 
using "check-off" dollars ($ per bale/bushel/lb) to fund research 
programs run by commodity production groups (Cotton Inc., Nat. Soybean
Board, etc). While eliminating pesticides per se isn't the goal of 
these organizations, effective and environmentally friendly production
is.

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