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Author:
Elena Conis
Publisher:
Bold Type Books
Date:
April 12, 2022
A narrative of generations of Americans who struggled to make sense of DDT's risks and benefits. Historian Elena Conis follows DDT from postwar farms, factories, and suburban enclaves to the floors of Congress and tony social clubs, where industry barons met with Madison Avenue brain trusts to figure out how to sell the idea that a little poison in our food and bodies was nothing to worry about.
What The Reviewers Say
A compelling, copiously researched account of DDT in America.
A thorough history of the U.S. government’s use of the chemical insecticide DDT.
Through a collection of shocking narratives, historian Conis...tracks the history of DDT.
