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Farmers and cropdusting pilots on the Great Plains worried about pesticide risks before 'Silent Spring'

  • Written by David Vail, Assistant Professor of History, University of Nebraska – Kearney
Gavin Baker

It is easy to frame conservation as a clash between environmentalists and polluters. But this view can greatly oversimplify many complex choices. What does conservation look like when ideas about nature cut across political lines?

In my book, “Chemical Lands: Pesticides, Aerial Spraying and Health in North America’s...

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