Since Silent Spring, Volume 10

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Houghton-Mifflin, 1970 - Science - 333 pages
"Shows that the battle against the indiscriminate use of pesticides which Silent spring began has been bitter ... gives a disturbing & engrossing account of the storm following publication of Rachel Carson's book; the attempts of chemical manufacturers to discredit the book & its author; the eventual worldwide protest as evidence mounted against indiscriminate use of DDT [&] ... chlorinated hydrocarbons that do not break down"--Jacket

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The Genesis 3
3
The Synthesis
21
A Most Curious Affair
36
Copyright

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