Before Silent Spring: Pesticides and Public Health in Pre-DDT America

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Before Silent Spring: Pesticides and Public Health in Pre-DDT America
Authors and Contributors      By (author) James C. Whorton
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:306
Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 152
Category/GenrePollution and threats to the environment
ISBN/Barcode 9780691618296
ClassificationsDewey:363.1792
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Princeton University Press
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publication Date 8 March 2015
Publication Country United States

Description

Modern consumers are well aware that the food they eat is tainted by pesticidal residues; they are less aware that their great-grandparents faced the same hazard. James C. Whorton's history of this public health menace emphasizes that insecticides have been contaminating produce since the introduction of chemical pesticides in the 1860s. The book