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How to sell a poison : the rise, fall, and toxic return of DDT /

In the 1940s, DDT helped the Allies win the Second World War by wiping out the insects that caused malaria, with seemingly no ill effects on humans. After the war, it was sprayed willy-nilly across fields, in dairy barns and even in people's homes, leaving environmental and human devastation in...

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Main Author:	Conis, Elena (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Bold Type Books, [2022].
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	DDT (Insecticide) > Toxicology. DDT (Insecticide) > Health aspects. DDT (Insecticide) > Environmental aspects. DDT (Insecticide) > Physiological effect. MEDICAL > Public Health.

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