Charles F Wurster

DDT Wars

Rescuing Our National Bird, Preventing Cancer, and Creating the Environmental Defense Fund

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Produktbeschreibung

A firsthand account of the Environmental Defense Fund's battle to ban DDT from use as a pesticide, written by a founding member of the EDF. Describes the various legal and scientific maneuvers required to have the Environmental Protection Agency officially ban DDT.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 165mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9780190219413
• ISBN-10: 0190219416
• Artikelnr.: 47863228

Autorenporträt

Charles F. Wurster is a founding member of the Environmental Defense Fund. He is Associate Professor of Environmental Toxicology, State University of New York at Stony Brook.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1. A Robin With Uncontrollable Convulsions
Chapter 2. Sue the Bastards on Long Island: The Power of an Idea
Chapter 3. Proceed With Caution, Then Sue the Bastards in Michigan
Chapter 4. On to Wisconsin, the Dairy State
Chapter 5. EDF, Barely An Organization, Getting Its Act Together
Chapter 6. EDF Diversifies Into New Environmental Arenas
Chapter 7: Time to Go after the Feds
Chapter 8. Escalating the DDT Issue with More Court Cases
Chapter 9. Important Changes in Washington Affect the DDT Battle
Chapter 10. DDT Goes To Trial, Finally, in Washington, DC
Chapter 11. EPA Administrator Ruckelshaus Decides
Chapter 12. Several Encores: Five More Bad Actors Were Dispatched
Chapter 13. The DDT Wars: Four Great Victories
EPILOGUE - The Last Word, President Fred Krupp