| DDT Scientists, Citizens, and Public Policy Thomas R. Dunlap Princeton: Princeton University Press, June 1981 |
Rating: 5.0 High |
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| ISBN-13 978-0-691-04680-8 | ||||
| ISBN 0-691-04680-8 | 318pp. | HC/GSI | $25.95 | |
| INTRODUCTION | 3 | |
| ABBREVIATIONS | 11 | |
| Part One—PREPARATION FOR DDT | ||
| 1 | Economic Entomology and Insecticides | 17 |
| 2 | Human Health and Insecticide Residues | 39 |
| Part Two—LEARNING ABOUT DDT | ||
| 3 | Applying Old Lessons | 59 |
| 4 | Wildlife and DDT | 76 |
| 5 | Storm over Silent Spring | 98 |
| Part Three—CHANGING DIRECTIONS | ||
| 6 | Moving Toward Court | 129 |
| 7 | A Legal Tour of Round River | 155 |
| 8 | Is It Safe and Necessary? | 177 |
| 9 | Final Rounds | 197 |
| EPILOGUE—Qualified Victory | 231 | |
| APPENDIXES | 246 | |
| A. | Analytical Terms | 246 |
| B. | DDT | 247 |
| C. | DDT in Human Fat | 249 |
| D. | Enforcement of the Food and Drug Laws | 251 |
| E. | Production of Pesticides | 253 |
| F. | Tolerance Levels for Pesticide Residues on Food | 255 |
| G. | Vapor Phase Chromatography | 257 |
| NOTES | 258 | |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 289 | |
| INDEX | 311 | |
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