Thoughts on Feeding the Hungry: More or Less People.

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  • Author(s): Davis, Wayne H.
  • Source:
    New Republic. 6/20/70, Vol. 162 Issue 25, p19-21. 3p.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      POPULATION; FOOD production; FOOD industry; OVERPOPULATION; POPULATION density; POISONS; DDT (Insecticide); PHYSICAL distribution of goods
    • Abstract:
      Examines the condition of the world's population in the 21st century. Criticism against projections of man's ability to provide food for the world's population; Prediction by scientists for a massive tragedy for mankind brought about by diseases due to overpopulation; Concern over the increase of toxic products produced by civilization brought about by industrialization and agriculture; Continuation of the production of the toxin DDT in the U.S. to combat malaria despite its dangers to man; Examination of the problem of food distribution instead of production as the main hindrance to feeding populations.