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Author Berry, Bill, 1951- author.

Title Banning DDT : how citizen activists in Wisconsin led the way / Bill Berry
Published Madison, WI : Wisconsin Historical Society Press, [2014]
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Description 1 online resource : portraits
Contents "Miraculous pesticide" comes to town -- Dead robins -- Joseph Hickey wept -- "Militant" activists -- Officers and councilors -- Nature lady of the suburbs -- Old Milwaukee -- A scientist spreads his wings -- Falcon wanderer -- The great egg hunt -- In the course of public opinion -- Swimming in DDT waters -- Warning: controversy ahead -- "Sue the bastards" -- In the hearing rooms -- Environment, front and center
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject DDT (Insecticide) -- Environmental aspects -- History -- 20th century
Environmental protection -- Wisconsin -- Citizen participation -- History -- 20th century
Environmentalism -- United States -- History -- 20th century
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
DDT (Insecticide) -- Environmental aspects
Environmental protection -- Citizen participation
Environmentalism
United States
Wisconsin
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2013036819
ISBN 9780870206450
0870206451