دانلود کتاب DDT, Silent spring, and the rise of environmentalism: classic texts

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Cover
Contents
Foreword
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction
PART 1 BACKGROUND
Views of Nature
1 Stephen A. Forbes, “The Ecological Foundations of Applied Entomology”
2 Leland O. Howard, “The War against Insects”
Pre-DDT Pesticides and DDT’s Use in World War II
3 Paul Neal et al., “A Study of the Effects of Lead Arsenate Exposure on Orchardists and Consumers of Sprayed Fruit”
4 Paul Neal et al., “Toxicity and Potential Dangers of Aerosols, Mists, and Dusting Powders Containing DDT”
PART 2 DDT’S BRIGHT PROMISE AND NEGLECTED PROBLEMS (1942–1958)
DDT as Miracle Chemical
5 Brigadier General James Stevens Simmons,“How Magic is DDT?”
6 “Aerosol Insecticides”
7 Clay Lyle, “Achievements and Possibilities in Pest Eradication”
Early Warnings
8 Paul B. Dunbar, “The Food and Drug Administration Looks at Insecticides”
9 Clarence Cottam and Elmer Higgins, “DDT and Its Effect on Fish and Wildlife”
PART 3 RISING CONCERN ABOUT NEW PROBLEMS
DDT, Food Chains, and Wildlife
10 Roy J. Barker, “Notes on Some Ecological Effects of DDT Sprayed on Elms”
11 Editorial from Bird Study
12 Derek A. Ratcliffe, “The Status of the Peregrine in Great Britain”
13 Robert Rudd, Pesticides and the Living Landscape
14 Thomas R. Dunlap, Interview with Joseph J. Hickey
15 Robert S. Strother, “Backfire in the War against Insects”
PART 4 THE STORM OVER SILENT SPRING
Public Alarm
16 Morton Mintz, “‘Heroine’ of FDA Keeps Bad Drug Off Market”
17 Rachel Carson, “A Fable for Tomorrow”
Reactions
18 President’s Science Advisory Committee, Use of Pesticides
19 Robert H.White-Stevens, “Communications Create Understanding”
20 Edwin Diamond, “The Myth of the ‘Pesticide Menace’”
21 Robert Gillette,“DDT: Its Days are Numbered, Except Perhaps in Pepper Fields”
PART 5 DDT AND MALARIA
22 Thomas Sowell, “Intended Consequences”
23 Thomas R. Hawkins, “Rereading Silent Spring”
24 May Berenbaum, “If Malaria’s the Problem, DDT’s Not the Only Answer”
Notes on Further Reading
Credits
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