At the time, pesticides like DDT were seen as offering a glimpse of a better future, one where humans could control nature. DDT in particular promised to combat insects that carried diseases or ...

In one of President John F. Kennedy‘s famous interactive press conferences, on Aug. 29, 1962, a reporter asked if he planned to respond to the warnings in Rachel Carson’s seminal book, “A Silent ...

It's important for our communities, our pets and our waterways to keep Falmouth's pesticide and fertilizer restrictions in place.

As a child of the 1950s, I remember hot summer nights when we got relief from the heat only when a truck came by spraying a cool mist that would kill mosquitoes. We kids ran after that mist like it ...

Toxicology emerges in public health crises -- DDT and environmental toxicology -- The University of Chicago Toxicity Laboratory -- The toxicity of organophosphate chemicals -- What's the risk? : ...