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Article: Chemical reaction; Face value: Michael Parker, Dow Chemical's passionate boss.(Business)(Michael Parker, the boss of Dow Chemical, defends his industry passionately against public criticism. His job will only get harder)(Brief Article)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- March 31, 2001
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NOT since the publication in 1962 of "Silent Spring", a book that uncovered the dangers of pesticides such as DDT, has America been so shocked by a well-documented expose of the chemicals industry. That, at least, was how the promoters of "Trade Secrets" expected their new TV programme to be greeted. The report, presented by Bill Moyers, a respected journalist, was broadcast this week. In anticipation, dozens of citizens' groups across the country, from high-school children in Georgia to breast-cancer victims on Long Island, organised public viewings.
The show did not disappoint. Using tens of thousands of internal documents, it outlined a conspiracy by America's ...