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Banning DDT : How Citizen Activists in Wisconsin Led the Way.

Berry, Bill.

Banning DDT : How Citizen Activists in Wisconsin Led the Way. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (279 pages)

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword by David Yarnold -- Preface -- Prologue -- Chapter 1. "Miraculous Pesticide" Comes to Town -- Chapter 2. Dead Robins -- Chapter 3. Joseph Hickey Wept -- Chapter 4. "Militant" Activists -- Chapter 5. Officers and Councilors -- Chapter 6. Nature Lady of the Suburbs -- Chapter 7. Old Milwaukee -- Chapter 8. A Scientist Spreads His Wings -- Chapter 9. Falcon Wanderer -- Chapter 10. The Great Egg Hunt -- Chapter 11. In the Court of Public Opinion -- Chapter 12. Swimming in DDT Waters -- Chapter 13. Warning: Controversy Ahead -- Chapter 14. "Sue the Bastards" -- Chapter 15. In the Hearing Rooms -- Chapter 16. Environment, Front and Center -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author.

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DDT (Insecticide)-Environmental aspects-History-20th century.
Environmental protection-Wisconsin-Citizen participation-History-20th century.
Environmentalism-United States-History-20th century.


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