Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations
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Category : Environmental health
Languages : en
Pages : 1186
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Interagency Coordination in Environmental Hazards (pesticides)
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Environmental health
Languages : en
Pages : 1186
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Environmental health
Languages : en
Pages : 1186
Book Description
Interagency Coordination in Environmental Hazards (pesticides)
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations. Subcommittee on Reorganization and International Organizations
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Category : Pesticides
Languages : en
Pages : 1580
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pesticides
Languages : en
Pages : 1580
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Interagency Coordination in Environmental Hazards (pesticides): Appendix V to Part I, Status report on Federal agencies' activities implementing recommendations of the President's Science Advisory Committee report on the use of pesticides
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations. Subcommittee on Reorganization and International Organizations
Publisher:
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Category : Pesticides
Languages : en
Pages : 1554
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pesticides
Languages : en
Pages : 1554
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Interagency Environmental Hazards Coordination: Pesticides and Public Policy
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations
Publisher:
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Category : Pesticides
Languages : en
Pages : 100
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pesticides
Languages : en
Pages : 100
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Interagency Coordination in Environmental Hazards (pesticides)
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations
Publisher:
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Category : Pesticides
Languages : en
Pages : 670
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Publisher:
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Category : Pesticides
Languages : en
Pages : 670
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Rachel Carson
Author: Linda Lear
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780547238234
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 692
Book Description
By drawing on previously unavailable sources and on interviews with those who knew her, Linda Lear gives a compelling portrait of this heroic woman, illuminating the origin of her connection with nature and of her determination to save what she loved. Lear reveals the unexpected influence of Carson's early experience with industrial pollution and examines her life-changing encounter with the possibility of global extinction in the frightening days of the early Cold War. The book follows Carson's efforts to become a marine biologist at a time when women were unwelcome in the academic community. It shows how her connections with nature were confirmed and strengthened through her work as a government scientist and editor, where her views about the potential dangers of synthetic chemical pesticides evolved. By the late 1950s, Carson had transformed colorless government research into three brilliant, popular books about the sea, including The Sea Around Us, and had become the most respected science writer in America. Rachel Carson challenged the culture of her time and, in the process, shaped a powerful social movement that altered the course of American history
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780547238234
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 692
Book Description
By drawing on previously unavailable sources and on interviews with those who knew her, Linda Lear gives a compelling portrait of this heroic woman, illuminating the origin of her connection with nature and of her determination to save what she loved. Lear reveals the unexpected influence of Carson's early experience with industrial pollution and examines her life-changing encounter with the possibility of global extinction in the frightening days of the early Cold War. The book follows Carson's efforts to become a marine biologist at a time when women were unwelcome in the academic community. It shows how her connections with nature were confirmed and strengthened through her work as a government scientist and editor, where her views about the potential dangers of synthetic chemical pesticides evolved. By the late 1950s, Carson had transformed colorless government research into three brilliant, popular books about the sea, including The Sea Around Us, and had become the most respected science writer in America. Rachel Carson challenged the culture of her time and, in the process, shaped a powerful social movement that altered the course of American history
Interagency Coordination in Environmental Hazards (pesticides)
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations
Publisher:
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Category : Pesticides
Languages : en
Pages : 138
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Publisher:
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Category : Pesticides
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
Interagency Coordination in Environmental Hazards (pesticides): Appendix IV to Part I, Information circulars of the World Health Organization and miscellaneous articles
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations
Publisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 412
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Publisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 412
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Banned
Author: Frederick Rowe Davis
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300205171
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
"Rachel Carson's seminal book Silent Spring, published in 1962, stands as one of the most important books of the twentieth century. Powerful and eloquent, the book exposed the dangers of indiscriminate chemical pesticide use. It also inspired important and long-lasting changes in environmental science and government policy. In this thought-provoking volume, Frederick Rowe Davis sets Carson's scientific work in the context of the twentieth century, reconsiders her achievement, and analyzes the legacy of her work in the light of toxic chemical use and regulation today. Davis examines the history of pesticide development alongside the evolution of the science of toxicology. He also tracks legislation governing exposure to chemicals from the early 1900s to the end of the century. Against this historical backdrop, the author affirms the brilliance of Carson's careful scientific interpretations drawing on university and government toxicologists. And yet, while Silent Spring instigated legislation that successfully terminated DDT use, other warnings were ignored. Carson and others recognized the extraordinary toxicity of organophosphate insecticides, yet until recently these dominated pesticide markets in the United States and worldwide. In a tragic irony, one poison was replaced with even more dangerous ones. This compelling book urges new thinking about the ways we develop, use, evaluate, and regulate pesticides while taking into account their ecological and human toll."--Jacket.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300205171
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
"Rachel Carson's seminal book Silent Spring, published in 1962, stands as one of the most important books of the twentieth century. Powerful and eloquent, the book exposed the dangers of indiscriminate chemical pesticide use. It also inspired important and long-lasting changes in environmental science and government policy. In this thought-provoking volume, Frederick Rowe Davis sets Carson's scientific work in the context of the twentieth century, reconsiders her achievement, and analyzes the legacy of her work in the light of toxic chemical use and regulation today. Davis examines the history of pesticide development alongside the evolution of the science of toxicology. He also tracks legislation governing exposure to chemicals from the early 1900s to the end of the century. Against this historical backdrop, the author affirms the brilliance of Carson's careful scientific interpretations drawing on university and government toxicologists. And yet, while Silent Spring instigated legislation that successfully terminated DDT use, other warnings were ignored. Carson and others recognized the extraordinary toxicity of organophosphate insecticides, yet until recently these dominated pesticide markets in the United States and worldwide. In a tragic irony, one poison was replaced with even more dangerous ones. This compelling book urges new thinking about the ways we develop, use, evaluate, and regulate pesticides while taking into account their ecological and human toll."--Jacket.
Pesticide Laws and Legal Implications of Pesticide Use
Author: Douglass F. Rohrman
Publisher:
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Category : Pesticides
Languages : en
Pages : 60
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pesticides
Languages : en
Pages : 60
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