He cited "natural pesticide control" as a major advance that was helped along by Mr. Malkin's acumen.

He asserts that Americans would be far better off if, for example, the money devoted to pesticide control were spent on very different priorities, like hospital emergency rooms, even if in considerably smaller sums.

Governor Wilson won points from environmentalists by calling for a new state environmental protection agency and shifting pesticide control to it from the Agriculture Department.

But measures could be put in put in place now that don't cost anything, most importantly tighter pesticide controls.

"They have to compete in the global market, where there are even fewer pesticide controls than here, and labor is almost free."

Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring in 1962 stimulated widespread public concern over the dangers of improper pesticide use and the need for better pesticide controls.

These include votes against pesticide controls and the toxic waste Superfund and health and safety protection from nuclear wastes.

As a result there is just no force leading to the resolution of crucial public policy questions like acid rain, polluted air in the cities and pesticide control.

They are responsible for the promotion of the producer's products and they are also responsible for the pesticide control.