MetaFilter posts tagged with duPont

Farm life in 1910

caddis — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:04:31 -0800

Farming with Dynamite Do stumps, clay or tired old soil have you down? Let "Red Cross" dynamite come to your rescue. (A blast from the past via ) More books at fourmilab.ch previously.

Saving the Planet with Pesticides and Plastics

thisisdrew — Tue, 05 Oct 2004 23:26:41 -0800

Saving the Planet with Pesticides and Plastics
TO ORDER, SEND CHECK OR MONEY ORDER TO:

The Center for Global Food Issues (operated by The Hudson Institute ..funded by ConAgra Foods, DuPont, Exxon Mobil, McDonalds, Monsanto, etc etc etc...)

"Diverse" reviews at Amazon

DuPoint stolen coin collection.

stbalbach — Mon, 05 Apr 2004 20:53:10 -0800

For 36 years, Harold Gray has been on an extraordinary mission -- to recover what may be the most famous stolen coin collection in the United States. Since October 1967, when five hooded gunmen invaded the Coconut Grove estate of chemical empire heir Willis Harrington duPont, binding the family with silk neckties and stealing the valuable coin collection from duPont's safe, Gray has been on the case. ''We remain,'' he says today, ``in hot pursuit.''

US Companies Supplied Parts for Iraq Weapons Program

jonp72 — Sat, 21 Dec 2002 22:39:18 -0800

American and European Companies Profit from Iraqi Weapons What do Dupont, Hewlett Packard, and Eastman Kodak have in common? They all supplied parts for the Iraqi weapons program under Saddam Hussein, according to this list taken from Iraq's newly released weapon programs dossier. The Associated Press also weighs in with this wire report.