DDT and the American century, global health, environmental politics, and the pesticide that changed the world, David Kinkela
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DDT and the American century, global health, environmental politics, and the pesticide that changed the world, David Kinkela
Language
eng
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no index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
DDT and the American century
Medium
electronic resource
Nature of contents
dictionaries
Responsibility statement
David Kinkela
Series statement
The Luther H. Hodges Jr. and Luther H. Hodges Sr. series on business, society, and the state
Sub title
global health, environmental politics, and the pesticide that changed the world
Summary
Praised for its ability to kill insects effectively and cheaply and reviled as an ecological hazard, DDT continues to engender passion across the political spectrum as one of the world's most controversial chemical pesticides. In DDT and the American Century, David Kinkela chronicles the use of DDT around the world from 1941 to the present with a particular focus on the United States, which has played a critical role in encouraging the global use of the pesticide. Kinkela's study offers a unique approach to understanding both this contentious chemical and modern environmentalism in an international context
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adult
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