The

Ecologist Vol 9 No 7 Oct/Nov 1979

Editoria l

Peter Bunyard A Question of Oi l . . 218

Breeding Distrust 219

Feature Article s

Atsushi Tsuchida The Scarred Face of Japan 221 & TakeshiMurota What has happened to Japan's agriculture since she

embarked her quest for economic growth?

Tony Savage Factory Farming: a necessary evil? 227

A look at the spurious arguments used to justify factory farming.

Norman Gall The Twiligh t of Nuclear Exports 230

Why Brazil and Iran ared disenchanted wit h the atom.

Samuel Epstein Cancer and Inflation 236

Further controls on chemical hazards i n the environment are uneconomic, says industry. Why then must i t cook the books to prove its point? What about the costs of increased cancer rates? An d is its intransigence killin g us?

Ecopolitics

Peter Frings The Ecology Party Conference 1979 247

INTERVIEW A Ma n of the Trees 248 Edward Goldsmith talks to Richard St. Barbe Baker.

BOOKS 252 LETTERS 256

Cover John Mclntyre

Note: While every care is taken with manuscripts submitted for publication, the Editors cannot guarantee to return those not accepted. Articles published i n the Ecologist do not necessarily express the views of the Editors.

Published by Edward Goldsmith, Ecosystems Ltd, 73 Molesworth Street, Wadebridge, Cornwall PL27 7DS, UK . Editors: Edward Goldsmith, Nicholas Hildyard. Managing Editor: Maria Parsons.

Book Review Editor: Ruth Lumley-Smith. Associate Editors: Robert Allen, Peter Bunvard, Brian Johnson, Bernard Gilbert, Jimo Omo-Fadaka, Andrew MacKillop, Robert Waller, Lawrence Hills, John Papworth, Nicholas Gould, Raymond Dasmann, Richard Wilson, John Milton (USA), Henryk Skolimowski (USA), Manfred Siebker, Sigmund Kval0y (Norway). ISSN 0141-6952

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