Winfield Sterling answers “Why not read "The False Crises of Rachel...”

Winfield Sterling asked this question about Silent Spring:

Why not read "The False Crises of Rachel Carson: Silent Spring at 50" for a critique of this badly flawed book?

Winfield Sterling And DDT was banned so millions in the third world died from malaria that could have been prevented. But the evil Dow Chemical Corporation could now be…moreAnd DDT was banned so millions in the third world died from malaria that could have been prevented. But the evil Dow Chemical Corporation could now be attacked with impunity, and a huge bureaucracy of the EPA could start issuing edicts with virtually no oversight.
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Bhuvanesh So you work for a company that produces DDT, I take it?
Apr 23, 2019 09:36PM · flag

Ariel Morandy every time man tries to intervene, it causes greater chaos. We were not supposed to live that long on earth, but modern medicine and DDT and others ba ...more
Sep 10, 2019 10:33AM · flag

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