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Abuse of Rachel Carson and Misuse of DDT Science in the Service of Environmental Deregulation
Author(s) -
Yang Jingxiang,
Ward Michael D.,
Kahr Bart
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201704077
Subject(s) - deregulation , service (business) , toxicology , political science , engineering , environmental health , business , medicine , economics , marketing , biology , macroeconomics
Fake news?? The contact insecticide DDT has been reappraised as a safe, life‐saving compound by special interest groups committed to repealing environmental regulations. It is shown in this essay how some specific toxicological data has been misused by those aiming to disingenuously influence public policy. Graphic: Pestroy, a DDT‐laced coating marketed in 1946 by Sherwin‐Williams Research Laboratories.