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Ecoscience: Population, Resources, Environment

Book by Paul R. Ehrlich, Anne H. Ehrlich, John P. Holdren; W. H. Freeman, 1977

Subjects:

Human Ecology, Pollution, Population

Collections: Entire Library
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Radio Drama in Action: Twenty-Five Plays of a Changing World
Includes: Columbus Day; Will This Earth Hold?; The Battle of the Warsaw Ghetto; Mister Ledford and the TVA; Open Letter on Race Hatred; Bretton Woods; The Last Day of the War; A Child Is Born; The Halls of Congress; Radioman Jack Cooper; Concerning the Red Army; Inside a Kid's Head; London by Clipper; Japanese-Americans; The Lonesome Train; The "Boise"; Grandpa and the Statue; Booker T. Washington in Atlanta; North Atlantic Testament; Typhus; Pacific Task Force; Against the Storm; The Negro Domestic; Japan's Advance Base: The Bonin Islands; The House I Live In

Book by Erik Barnouw; Rinehart, 1945

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Radio Plays

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And No Birds Sing: Rhetorical Analyses of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring

Book by Craig Waddell; Southern Illinois University Press, 2000

Subjects:

Carson, Rachel--1907-1964--Silent spring, Rhetoric

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Craig Waddell presents essays investigating Rachel Carson's influential 1962 book, Silent Spring. In his foreword Paul Brook, Carson's editor ar Houghton Mifflin, describes the process that resulted in Silent Spring. In an after word, Linda Lear, Carson's recent biographer, recalls the end of ...
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Craig Waddell presents essays investigating Rachel Carson's influential 1962 book, Silent Spring. In his foreword Paul Brook, Carson's editor ar Houghton Mifflin, describes the process that resulted in Silent Spring. In an after word, Linda Lear, Carson's recent biographer, recalls the end of Carson's life an outlines the attention that Carson's book and Carson herself received form scholars and biographers, tension that focused so minutely on her life that it detracted from a focus on her work. The of reword by Brooks and the afterward by Lear frame this exploration within the context of Carson's life and work.
Contributors are Edward P. J. Corbett, Carol B. Gartner, Cheryll Glotfelty, Randy Harris, M. Jimmie Killingsworth, Ralp H. Lutts, Christine Oravec, Jacqueline S. Palmer, Markus J. Peterson, Tarla Rai Peterson, and Craig Waddell. Together, these essays explore Silent Spring effectiveness in conveying its disturbing message and the rhetorical strategies that helped create its wide influence.
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Demanding Clean Food and Water: The Fight for a Basic Human Right

Book by Joan Goldstein; Plenum Press, 1990

Subjects:

Environmental Protection--Citizen Participation, Food Contamination, Water--Pollution

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...once and for all. Unfortunately, that did not happen. DDT dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane , which will soon be discussed, was...as potential nerve gases. As early as 1874, DDT short for dichloro-diphenyl trichloro-ethane was first synthesized by a German...
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Bugs in the System: Insects and Their Impact on Human Affairs

Book by May R. Berenbaum; Perseus Publishing, 1995

Subjects:

Beneficial Insects, Insect Pests, Insects, Insects--Ecology

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The vast majority of people consider it a high priority to minimize the extent of their interaction with the insect world. Homes are sealed, sprayed, and kept meticulously clean so as to reduce the probability that they will be invaded by insects; similarly, bodies are bathed, hair is shampooed, and ...
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The vast majority of people consider it a high priority to minimize the extent of their interaction with the insect world. Homes are sealed, sprayed, and kept meticulously clean so as to reduce the probability that they will be invaded by insects; similarly, bodies are bathed, hair is shampooed, and clothing regularly washed in order to eliminate any unwanted contact with six-legged life forms. In the overwhelmingly vast majority of daily conversations, insects are conspicuous in their absence; those rare conversations in which insects feature prominently are generally carried out in guarded tones, often with a touch of embarrassment.
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Journal Articles on: dichloro

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A Critical Review of Methods for Comparing Estrogenic Activity of Endogenous and Exogenous Chemicals in Human Milk and Infant Formula

Journal article by Christopher J. Borgert, Judy S. Lakind, Raphael J. Witorsch; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 111, 2003

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...1.00 2,5-Dichloro-4...000 0.42 2,5-Dichloro-3,4...000 0.19 2,5-Dichloro-2,3...
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Persistent Pesticides in Human Breast Milk and Cryptorchidism

Journal article by Ida N. Damgaard, Niels E. Skakkebaek, Jorma Toppari, Helena E. Virtanen, Heqing Shen, Karl-Werner Schramm, Jorgen H. Petersen, Tina K. Jensen, Katharina M. Main; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 114, 2006

Subjects:

Children, Pesticides

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...per gram lipid) for cases/controls: 1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis(4-chlorophenyl)ethylene (p,p...octachlorostyrene (OCS); pentachlorobenzene, 1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis(4-chlorophenyl)ethane (p,p-DDD...pentachloroanisole (PCA), gamma-HCH, 1,1-dichloro-2-(2-chlorophenyl)-2,2(4-chlorophenyl...
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Prenatal DDT Exposure in Relation to Anthropometric and Pubertal Measures in Adolescent Males

Journal article by Beth C. Gladen, Mark A. Klebanoff, Mary L. Hediger, Solomon H. Katz, Dana B. Barr, Mark D. Davis, Matthew P. Longnecker; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 112, 2004

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...between prenatal exposure to p,p-DDE 1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)-ethylene and...metabolite of p,p-DDT is p,p-DDE 1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)-ethylene; the...al. 2002. Maternal serum level of 1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethylene and risk...
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Reproductive Effects of Occupational DDT Exposure among Male Malaria Control Workers

Journal article by Felix Garcia-Salazar, Esperanza Gallardo-Diaz, Prudencia Ceron-Mireles, Dana Loomis, Victor H. Borja-Aburto; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 112, 2004

Subjects:

Agriculture, Birth defects, Workers' compensation

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...estimation of the DDT metabolite DDE 1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethylene accumulated...properties of the DDT metabolite p,p-DDE (1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethylene) (Kelce...al. 2002. Maternal serum level of 1,1-dichloro 2,2-bis(p-chlorophenil)ethylene and risk...
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Assessment of Potential Risk Levels Associated with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Reference Values

Journal article by Rosemary Castorina, Tracey J. Woodruff; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 111, 2003

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...1,1-Dichloro...14 1,3-Dichloro...1,1-Dichloro...

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Magazine Articles on: dichloro

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The Silent Pandemic: While Exotic Diseases like Bird Flu and SARS Get All the Attention, Malaria Is Still Killing Millions in Africa, despite the Fact That DDT Remains an Effective and Affordable Solution

Magazine article by Dennis Behreandt; The New American, Vol. 22, September 4, 2006

Subjects:

DDT (Insecticide)--Usage, DDT--Usage, Malaria--Care and treatment, Malaria--Prevention

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...chemical. The tide, however, is turning, and renewed spraying of DDT promises to end the malaria nightmare. Banning DDT DDT, or Dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane, was first discovered in 1874 by German chemist Othmar Zeidler. It wasnt until 1939 that a U.S. scientist...
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Trees and Volcanoes Cause Smog!

Magazine article by Tim Callahan; The Humanist, Vol. 56, January 1996

Subjects:

Air pollution--Environmental aspects, Chlorofluorocarbons--Environmental aspects, Plants (Organisms)--Environmental aspects, Plants--Environmental aspects, Smog--Causes of, Trees--Environmental aspects, Volcanoes--Environmental aspects, Wise use movement--Environmental policy

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...molecules compared to other gases in the atmosphere, and she was quite right. With a molecular weight of 120.91, freon 12 (dichloro-difluoro-methane), probably the most common of the CFCs, is heavier by far than other chlorine compounds likely to be found...
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The Hazrds of Enivronmental Estrogens

Magazine article by Michele L. Trankina; World and I, Vol. 16, October 2001

Subjects:

Estrogen--Influence, Estrogens--Influence, Hormones--Analysis

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...superovulated, with multiple nuclei in some of the surplus ova. Closer scrutiny linked these findings to a massive spill of DDT (dichloro- diphenyl-trichloroethane) into Lake Apopka in 1980. Guillette concluded that the declining alligator population was related...
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How Rachel Carson Helped Save the Brown Pelican: One of America's Most Charismatic Coastal Birds Is Thriving Again, Thanks in Part to a Biologist-Turned-Author

Magazine article by Michael Lipske; National Wildlife, December 1999

Subjects:

Biologists--Works, Brown pelican--Protection, Carson, Rachel--Works, Louisiana--Plants and animals

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...along with the insects." One of those deadly elixirs was originally hailed as a wonder poison. First synthesized in 1874, dichloro-diphenyl-trichloro-ethane, or DDT, was later discovered to be a potent insecticide. Used in World War II to dust soldiers and...
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Taming Mankind's Ancient Foes: Despite Inherent Dangers and Entrenched Opposition, a Handful of Men Tracked Down the Sources of Yellow Fever and Malaria, and Devised Methods to Combat Their Spread

Magazine article by William F. Jasper; The New American, Vol. 21, September 5, 2005

Subjects:

Malaria--Care and treatment, Malaria--Development and progression, Panama--Health aspects, Yellow fever--Care and treatment, Yellow fever--Development and progression

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...efficiency of DDT as a contact poison against several arthropods." Muller had discovered the insecticidal properties of DDT (dichloro-diphenyl-trichlorethane), which proved invaluable in fighting epidemic typhus (a disease transmitted by lice) during World...

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Newspaper Articles on: dichloro

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Nouvion-Sur-Norfolk; ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), July 31, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...atoms (from the prefix prop). It has all single chemical bonds in the molecule (ane), and two chlorine atoms in each molecule (dichloro). John Guttridge, Weston-Super-Mare. QUESTION How did Dobbies Loan, Glasgow, get its street name and what does it mean? LOAN...
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WHO Backs DDT to Rid Malaria; Pesticide Gets 'Clean Bill of Health'; Use Urged to Save Africans

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, September 16, 2006

Subjects:

World Health Organization

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...babies .. need your help." Swiss inventor Paul Hermann Muller won the Nobel Prize for medicine in 1948 for discovering DDT, or dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane. The insecticide helped wipe out malaria in the developing world. With the publication of Rachel Carsons...
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Health Zone: Poisonous Substances: Their Source, Effects and Reducing Your Exposure

Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), January 11, 2001

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...dairy products. And if you do eat red meat, cut the fat off, because the muscle will have smaller concentrations of DDT. P-DICHLORO-BENZENE Insecticide in some carpets and soft furnishings. Toilet deodoriser blocks. Mothballs. Possible links to cancer...
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Health Zone: This Woman Eats Organic, Avoids Dry Cleaning Andplastic Food Packs ..but Our Test Found 39 Toxic Chemicals in Her Body; TRUTH ABOUT POLLUTED BRITAIN

Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), January 11, 2001

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...found to have higher-than-average levels of some, probably due to frequent trips abroad where she is unable to buy organic. P-DICHLORO- BENZENE Chemical used in carpet insecticide, with possible links to cancer. Elizabeths level: 12.3mg per kilogram of body...

Encyclopedia Articles on: dichloro

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Lewisite

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...absorption of lewisite, which penetrates ordinary clothing and even rubber, through the skin may be fatal. Chemically, lewisite is dichloro-2-chlorovinyl arsine, ClCHCHAsCl 2 . It boils with decomposition at 190 degrees Celsius, and its vapor has a faint odor of...

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