{"id":3228,"date":"2022-01-22T19:47:52","date_gmt":"2022-01-23T00:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.headlice.org\/comb\/?p=3228"},"modified":"2022-01-22T19:55:41","modified_gmt":"2022-01-23T00:55:41","slug":"reflections-part-one-pesticide-industrys-playbook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.headlice.org\/comb\/reflections-part-one-pesticide-industrys-playbook\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflections, Part One: Pesticide industry\u2019s playbook"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>As I look back on two and a half decades of work with PAN, I see one very clear through-line: aggressive industry efforts, year after year, to block any and all initiatives that threaten their bottom line. These efforts look different in different arenas, but the playbook is the same: cozy up to those with decision-making power, intimidate activists pressing for change, and throw money (lots!) at controlling the story. Oh \u2014 and regularly consolidate\/rebrand your way out of trouble too. When I first started with PAN in 1996, I joined our global campaign to phase out methyl bromide under the Montreal Protocol, a global treaty to control ozone-depleting chemicals. A broad-spectrum biocide, methyl bromide is also a potent ozone depleter that was being targeted for a global ban.\u00a0<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.panna.org\/blog\/reflections-part-1-pesticide-industrys-playbook#.YevR9dID8Vw.twitter\">Read entire article<\/a>.<\/p><cite><em>Kristin Schafer<\/em>. Pesticide Action Network: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.panna.org\/blog\/reflections-part-1-pesticide-industrys-playbook#.YevR9dID8Vw.twitter\">https:\/\/www.panna.org\/blog\/reflections-part-1-pesticide-industrys-playbook#.YevR9dID8Vw.twitter<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I look back on two and a half decades of work with PAN, I see one very clear through-line: aggressive industry efforts, year after year, to block any and all initiatives that threaten their bottom line. These efforts look different in different arenas, but the playbook is the same: cozy up to those with &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3228","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"NPA","author_link":"https:\/\/www.headlice.org\/comb\/author\/moore\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.headlice.org\/comb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.headlice.org\/comb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.headlice.org\/comb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.headlice.org\/comb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.headlice.org\/comb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3228"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.headlice.org\/comb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3234,"href":"https:\/\/www.headlice.org\/comb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3228\/revisions\/3234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.headlice.org\/comb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.headlice.org\/comb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.headlice.org\/comb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}