Banning DDT: How Citizen Activists in Wisconsin Led the Way

by Bill Berry

Book Overview

On a December day in 1968, DDT went on trial in Madison, Wisconsin. In Banning DDT: How Citizen Activists in Wisconsin Led the Way, Bill Berry details how the citizens, scientists, reporters, and traditional conservationists drew attention to the harmful effects of "the miracle pesticide" DDT, which was being used to control Dutch elm disease.

Berry tells of the hunters and fishers, bird-watchers, and garden-club ladies like Lorrie...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870206443
• ISBN13: 9780870206443
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"