DDT Proved Neither Essential Nor Safe.

Wurster, Charles F.

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ERIC Number: EJ074466

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Publication Date: 1973

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DDT Proved Neither Essential Nor Safe

Wurster, Charles F.

BioScience, 23, 2, 105-106, Feb 73

Court decision to ban use of DDT was based on comprehensive scientific information. Industry failed to prove its safety for non-targeted organisms and an essential need for DDT as a pesticide. (PS)

Descriptors: Biology, Court Litigation, Disease Control, Environment, Pesticides

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