DDT: Scientists, Citizens, and Public Policy

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title DDT: Scientists, Citizens, and Public Policy
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Thomas Dunlap
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:328
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152
Category/GenrePollution and threats to the environment
ISBN/Barcode 9780691613901
ClassificationsDewey:363.7384
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Princeton University Press
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publication Date 14 July 2014
Publication Country United States

Description

From the time the public learned of DDT's dramatic containment of a typhus epidemic in Naples during World War II to the ban on DDT by the Environmental Protection Agency in 1972, this is the story of the controversial pesticide and its part in the rise of the environmental movement. Originally published in 1981. The Princeton Legacy Library uses