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DDT : suggestions for its use / by Conner, J. T.; North Carolina State College.Agricultural Extension Service.(CARDINAL)164865;
Subjects: DDT (Insecticide);
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Toxicological profile for DDT, DDE, and DDD / by United States.Environmental Protection Agency.(CARDINAL)144059; Clement Associates.(CARDINAL)158352; United States.Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.(CARDINAL)188685;
Bibliography : pages 109-137.Prepared for Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), U.S. Public Health Service, in collaboration with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Subjects: DDT (Insecticide); DDT (Insecticide);
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How to sell a poison : the rise, fall, and toxic return of DDT / by Conis, Elena,author.(CARDINAL)788863;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-372) and index.Prologue: fish for the table -- Not too much -- Polio city -- Flies -- Production -- Economic poisons -- Virus X -- Poisoned in our own homes -- Medical standing -- Delaney's clause -- Mosquitoes -- Don't call it a poison -- The poison book -- Poisoned in the fields -- A ban -- The birds -- Tobacco -- The hearings -- Destruction -- The ban -- Triana -- Assessing risk -- Settling -- Hand-me-down poisons -- Nested study -- Disruption -- Delaney falls -- Bring back DDT -- Timing makes the poison."The chemical compound DDT first earned fame during World War II by wiping out insects that caused disease and boosting Allied forces to victory. Americans granted it a hero's homecoming, spraying it on everything from crops and livestock to cupboards and curtains. Then, in 1972, it was banned in the US. But decades after that, a cry arose to demand its return. This is the sweeping narrative of generations of Americans who struggled to make sense of the notorious chemical's risks and benefits. Historian Elena Conis follows DDT from postwar farms, factories, and suburban enclaves to the floors of Congress and tony social clubs, where industry barons met with Madison Avenue brain trusts to figure out how to sell the idea that a little poison in our food and bodies was nothing to worry about. In an age of spreading misinformation on issues including pesticides, vaccines, and climate change, Conis shows that we need new ways of communicating about science--as a constantly evolving discipline, not an immutable collection of facts--before it's too late"--
Subjects: DDT (Insecticide); DDT (Insecticide); DDT (Insecticide); DDT (Insecticide);
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 7
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Ambient water quality criteria for DDT / by United States.Environmental Protection Agency.Criteria and Standards Division.(CARDINAL)284325;
Includes bibliographies.
Subjects: DDT (Insecticide); Water quality;
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Special occupational hazard review for DDT / by National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.Division of Criteria Documentation and Standards Development.(CARDINAL)135211;
Bibliography: pages 181-205.
Subjects: DDT (Insecticide); Pesticides industry;
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A control measure for pales weevil in southeastern North Carolina / by Grady, C. R.; Flavell, T. H.; Layamn, H. F.; North Carolina.Division of Forestry.(CARDINAL)157407;
Subjects: Pales weevil; Beetles; White pine; DDT (Insecticide);
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Bird population studies in the coniferous forest biome during a spruce budworm outbreak / by Kendeigh, S. Charles(Samuel Charles),1904-1986.(CARDINAL)322965;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 98-100).The study area and census methods [north of Port Arthur (now Thunder Bay, Northwestern Ontario), near Black Sturgeon Lake not far from Lake Nipigon, north of Lake Superior] -- Climate -- Character of the forest -- The bird population of the forest -- The bird population of the cut-over area [cutover, clearcutting, logging] -- Coactions between birds and insects -- Coactions between the birds -- Discussion
Subjects: Bird populations; Spruce budworm; Birds; Birds; DDT (Insecticide);
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Silenced! : the 1969 journal of Malcolm Moorie / by Doyle, Bill H.,1968-(CARDINAL)473626;
In 1969, fourteen-year-old Mal enrolls in a rural California boarding school where he finds himself caught up in a plot involving endangered animals and an illegal pesticide.Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Boarding schools; DDT (Insecticide); Detective and mystery stories; Endangered species; Schools;
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On a farther shore : the life and legacy of Rachel Carson / by Souder, William,1949-(CARDINAL)330416;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Water World -- Miss Carson's Book -- Bright as the Mid-day Sun -- Biologizing -- The English Connection and the Ocean Deep -- This Beautiful and Sublime World -- Author Triumphant -- Silent Spring -- Dorothy -- The Enduring Sea -- Earth on Fire -- Collateral Damage -- High Tides and Low.Rachel Carson, founder of the modern environmental movement, began work on her seminal book Silent Spring in the late 1950s, when a dizzying array of synthetic pesticides had come into use. Leading this chemical onslaught was the insecticide DDT. Effective against crop pests as well as insects that transmitted human diseases such as typhus and malaria, DDT had at first appeared safe. But as its use expanded, alarming reports surfaced of collateral damage to fish, birds, and other wildlife. Silent Spring was a chilling indictment of DDT and its effects, and it shocked the public and forced the government to take action despite a withering attack on Carson from the chemicals industry. The book awakened the world to the heedless contamination of the environment and eventually led to the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency and to the banning of DDT and a host of related pesticides.
Subjects: Biographies.; Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964.; Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964.; Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964; Marine biologists; Naturalists; Environmentalists; Science writers; Pesticides; Environmentalism; Environmental ethics;
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Rachel Carson : a literary companion / by Snodgrass, Mary EllenAuthor(DLC)n 88119471 ;
Includes bibliographical references and index.A Chronology of Rachel Carson's Life and Works -- The Carson Genealogy -- The Literary Companion -- Appendix I: Glossary -- Appendix II: A Guide to Writing, Art, and Research Topics."Rachel Carson was a marine biologist credited with the founding of the ecology movement and the rise in ecofeminism. One of her most popular works was Silent Spring, which challenged the use of DDT (an insecticide infamous for its negative environmental effects) and questioned the claims of modern industry. Carson also wrote essays, reviews, articles, and more to educate the public about the impacts of chemical pollutants on both the environment and the human body. This literary companion provides readers with Carson's key messages via an A-to-Z index of topics discussed in her works including carcinogens, endangered species, and radioactivity"--.
Subjects: Literary criticism; Biographies; Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964; Environmentalists; Marine biologists; Women and the environment; Nature; Environmentalism in literature.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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