Book Review: The Toxic Legacy of DDT

Image caption: A ranch hand sprays heifers with a DDT solution in a holding corral. Image credit: CORBIS / Corbis via Getty Images. Article by Andru Okun. Undark – May 13, 2022.

In “How to Sell a Poison,” Elena Conis chronicles the history of the infamous pesticide and its lasting impact.

In 1945, Rachel Carson, then a marine biologist for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, developed an interest in DDT, a powerful pesticide used to eliminate insects that destroy crops and carry disease. A decade and a half later, “Silent Spring” was released, a book in which she argued […]

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