Lecture date: September 27, 2016. Charles Wurster discussed his book, DDT Wars, and the inside story it tells of the decade-long scientific, legal, and strategic campaign that culminated in the national ban of the insecticide DDT in 1972.

Lecture Archive 2016

Lecture Archive: Charles Wurster

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Lecture Archive 2016