Toxic Drift: Pesticides and Health in the Post-World War II South
(Part of the Walter Lynwood Fleming Lectures in Southern History Series)
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Following World War II, chemical companies and agricultural experts promoted the use of synthetic chemicals as pesticides on weeds and insects. It was, Pete Daniel points out, a convenient way for companies to apply their wartime research to the domestic market. In Toxic Drift, Daniel documents the particularly disastrous effects this campaign had on the South's public health and environment, exposing the careless mentality that allowed pesticide...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0807130982
ISBN13:9780807130988
Release Date:January 2005
Publisher:LSU Press
Length:209 Pages
Weight:1.10 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.7" x 9.3"
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