| Sun-Diamond Growers of California Political Ecology Group March 31st, 1997 The most blatent case of the Bromide Barons attempting to underine the democratic process with their financial influence is that of Sun-Diamond Growers of California. A large agricultural concern that uses methyl bromide to grow young fruit trees and to fumigate stored fruit and nuts. |
| Methyl Bromide Working Group Political Ecology Group March 31st, 1997 Led by the Methyl Bromide Working Group (MBWG) and its chief lobbyist Peter G. Sparber, the Barons of Bromide are working on a number of fronts to undermine the U.S. Clean Air Act and thus to perpetuate the use of methyl bromide indefinitely. |
| Methyl Bromide Global Coalition Political Ecology Group March 31st, 1997 The Methyl Bromide Global Coalition (MBGC) has exerted significant influence on all aspects of the methyl bromide debate, inserting itself as a central player in international scientific panels, diplomatic negotiations and public pronouncements on the issue. |
| Dead Sea Bromine Group Political Ecology Group March 31st, 1997 Dead Sea Bromine produces as much as 30 percent of world output of methyl bromide, which it exports to Europe, Africa, the United States and China. However, very little information is available on this Israeli transnational corporation. |
| The Bromide Barons Political Ecology Group March 31st, 1997 A handful of corporations control the methyl bromide industry. Enter the realm of the Bromide Barons. |
| Albemarle Corporation Political Ecology Group March 31st, 1997 Today the Albemarle Corporation is one of the top three producers of methyl bromide in the world. Founded in 1887 to produce blotting papers for fountain pens, Albemarle stayed a paper products company for many years. |
| First Hand Experience by Alba Morales, Political Ecology Group March 31st, 1997 Photos and words from farm workers and communities neighboring methyl bromide injected fields. |
| Push Back the Poison: Ban Methyl Bromide by Joshua Karliner, CorpWatch March 31st, 1997 Methyl bromide is a silent killer. Colorless and odorless, it is highly toxic to a wide spectrum of organisms, including human beings. It would be fast on its way out today if it weren't for a small handful of corporations, industry associations and elected officials which have worked stealthily and assiduously to keep this deadly product on the market and in the field. |
| Farm Workers on the Front Lines CorpWatch March 31st, 1997 CorpWatch talks with Dolores Huerta of the United Farm Workers about their long history of working to ban dangerous pesticides. |
| Profiting from Punishment by Paul Wright, Prison Labor News March 1st, 1997 The co-editor of Prison Legal News, a Washington State prisoner himself, Wright reports on private companies, like Boeing, that are making out like bandits by using prison labor. |
| Organizing the High Tech Industry CorpWatch February 10th, 1997 CorpWatch interviews John Barton, Organizing Coordinator, Building Service Division, of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), and links up with other groups organizing for worker health and safety. |
| International Activist Profile: Ryoichi Terada Campaign for Responsible Technology February 10th, 1997 Ryoichi Terada, Professor of the Environment, Tsuru University, Tokyo confronts the high tech industry's ground water contamination in Japan. |
| The Globalization of High Tech by Carlos Plazola, Campaign for Responsible Technology February 10th, 1997 High-tech electronics industry representatives in the Silicon Valley are finally admitting that their facilities pose significant risks to surrounding communities (of course, they admitted this for liability and permit renewal purposes). A recent article in the San Jose Mercury News (6/18/96) described the struggle between LSI Logic and a neighboring Muslim school. |
| The Environmental Cost of Computers Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition February 10th, 1997 Here is our "clickable computer." Click on any of these four computer parts to find out their environmental impact. |
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