This book presents a horrifying study of the terrible, often insidious, devastation unleashed on the human anatomy and the global emvironment by pesticide poisoning. A disturbing read, it forces the reader to enter the nightmarish world of pesticide-related ailments where both men and women struggle to survive cancer, congenital birth defects, nervous seizures, paralysis, and a whole range of equally debilitating diseases. The book records the cause and effect of pesticides and quotes from studies that have established a direct link between certain types of cancer and the short- and long term-consumption of the various posions in our food and water.

Its a wake up call for the Indian government which has been a mute spectator while unscrupulous copporations have waged chemical war on a largely ignorant public for several decades. Farmers and their families who are directly handling pesticides are unaware of the teriible fate that awaits them in the not-so-distant future.