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On August 28, eight years after writer Rachel Carson warned of the dangers of DDT in the New Yorker, the Agriculture Department announces restrictions on the use of the pesticide on 50 types of fruits and vegetables, forest trees, lumber, livestock and buildings.(August 1970: THE YEAR WE WERE BORN: A LOOK BACK AT THE WORLD IN SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE'S FIRST YEAR)(Brief Article)
Publication: Smithsonian Publication Date: 01-AUG-05 |