Ddt Wars - Rescuing Our National Bird, Preventing Cancer, and Creating Edf

Zusatztext Wurster is to be commended for this excellent history of an important period when some of our most iconic birds seemed to be on the way out. Highly recommended. Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

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• Authors: Associate Professor of Environmental Toxi Wurster, Charles F Wurster, Charles F. Wurster, Charles F. (Associate Professor of Enviro Wurster, Charles F. (Associate Professor of Environmental Toxicology Wurster, Wurster Charles F.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.06.2015
• EAN: 9780190219413
• ISBN: 978-0-19-021941-3
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, NATURE / Ecology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Social impact of environmental issues, Environmentalist, Conservationist & Green Organizations, Environmentalist, conservationist and Green organizations