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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

Table of Contents
*Frontmatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. vii*Contents, pg. xv*1. The Insect Emergency, pg. 3*2. The Lingering Dram, pg. 36*3. "Spray, O Spray", pg. 68*4. Regulatory Prelude, pg. 95*5. Regulatory Perplexities, pg. 133*6. Regulatory Publicity, pg. 176*7. "No Longer a Hazard", pg. 212*Epilogue, pg. 248*Bibliographic Notes, pg. 257*Index, pg. 281

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: 2/16/2015 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780691618296, 978-0691618296
      ISBN10: 0691618291
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      Biology, life sciences Agriculture and farming

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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

      Table of Contents
      *Frontmatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. vii*Contents, pg. xv*1. The Insect Emergency, pg. 3*2. The Lingering Dram, pg. 36*3. "Spray, O Spray", pg. 68*4. Regulatory Prelude, pg. 95*5. Regulatory Perplexities, pg. 133*6. Regulatory Publicity, pg. 176*7. "No Longer a Hazard", pg. 212*Epilogue, pg. 248*Bibliographic Notes, pg. 257*Index, pg. 281

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