DDT hearings, 1968-1969.

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DDT hearings, 1968-1969.

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Testimony and exhibits from public hearings held by the DNR between December, 1968, and May, 1969, at the request of the Izaak Walton League and the Citizens' Natural Resources Association of Wisconsin, on the health hazards of the chemical pesticide DDT. Witnesses questioned by Victor J. Yanneconne, counsel for the Environmental Defense Fund, included Gaylord Nelson, representatives of the National Agricultural Chemical Association and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and many members of the University of Wisconsin faculty.

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Nelson, Gaylord Anton, 1916-2005

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Gaylord Nelson was a Senator from Wisconsin. He was governor of Wisconsin (1959-1962) and elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate (1963-1981). He was the founder of Earth Day in 1970....

Wisconsin. Dept. of Natural Resources.

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The Department of Natural Resources was created by the Reorganization Act of 1967 (Chapter 75) which combined the Conservation Department (WIHV86-A1163) and the Department of Resource Development (WIHV86-A114) to form the new Department. At that time many other councils and committees whose purposes and functions related to conservation and natural resource development were attached to the Department. The Department is responsible for implementing the laws of the state a...

Yanneconne, Victor J.

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Environmental Defense Fund

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A public-membership, non-profit, tax-exempt environmental and legal action organization of scientists, lawyers and concerned citizens. Its primary purpose is to provide a link between law and environmental science. Established in 1967, its earliest official headquarters were located in Stony Brook and East Setauket, N.Y. From the description of Records, 1967-1988. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 156794725 ...