. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Pesticides in Mass.: Politics as Usual It's politics as usual in Massachu- setts, this time with pesticides. Friends in the state legislature apparently are steering responsibil- ity for a Pesticide Board in the direction of George Michael. Michael is much maligned and thought by many to have too much power already. Michael joined the public health department as a chemist in 1940. In 1959, he was given life tenure as director of the food and drug division. To comply with Federal direc- tives, the Massachusetts legislature considere
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Pesticides in Mass.: Politics as Usual It's politics as usual in Massachu- setts, this time with pesticides. Friends in the state legislature apparently are steering responsibil- ity for a Pesticide Board in the direction of George Michael. Michael is much maligned and thought by many to have too much power already. Michael joined the public health department as a chemist in 1940. In 1959, he was given life tenure as director of the food and drug division. To comply with Federal direc- tives, the Massachusetts legislature considered a bill to place all pesticide related matters under a Pesticide Board in the department of environmental quality engineer- ing. In time, the Board was moved to the department of food and agricul- ture, with a powerful subcommittee in charge. Mr. Michael was to be named chairman. Michael would be responsible for directing the work of commission- ers with higher rank. The subcom- mittee would exercise nearly all powers of the Pesticide Board. In "emergencies" which the bill does not define, Michael could take any actions he considers necessary! Michael is known to believe that it is "most important" to have those government agencies which CORRUGATED CLXVERT PIPE and FLOW GATES Aluminum — Galvenizcd Asphalt Coated Felker Bros. Mfg. Co. MARSHRELD WISCONSIN Area 715 384-3121 do not use pesticides make the decisions. The subcommittee would decide which pesticides can and cannot be used. It would boss the chemical industry in the state. And, it would approve retail sales and commercial users of pesticides. Michael favors DDT. He recog- nizes that the "emergency" clause would allow use of DDT, if he says so. He's previously called environ- mentalist and medical complaints of pesticides "; Western Farmers Allowed Emergency Pesticide Farmers in Oregon and Washington are getting an emergency assist from the Environmental Protection
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