Before silent spring: pesticides and public health in pre-ddt america
Auteur :
Whorton, James C.
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691618296
Date de publication :
8 mars 2015
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
431 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Modern consumers are well aware that the food they eat is tainted by pesticidal residues; they are less aware that their great-grandparents faced the same hazard. James C. Whorton's history of this public health menace emphasizes that insecticides have been contaminating produce since the introduction of chemical pesticides in the 1860s. The book