DDT Wars: The 1972 DDT Ban and its Benefits
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Posted: August 22, 2016
Lecture date: September 27, 2016. Charles Wurster discussed his book, DDT Wars, and the inside story it tells of the decade-long scientific, legal, and strategic campaign that culminated in the national ban of the insecticide DDT in 1972.
A lifelong birder, Wurster was on the environmental sciences faculty at the State University of New York at Stony Brook for thirty-five years.
Video Posted: August 22, 2016 | Running time: 48:08
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