Why aren environmentally sound alternatives to pesticides made more widely available?
Because the chemical industry makes more profits from pesticides than from alternative pest control methods. While profit in itself is not bad, there is cause for concern when the search for more profitable products, and not health or the environment, drives most new agricultural research. Sustainable pest control not only makes more sense for health or environmental reasons, but because it gives us – as consumers, farmers, or simply concerned citizens – more control over the basic technology that affects our lives today.
