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How Rachel Carson Cost Millions of People Their Lives

UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES

Rachel Carson is, and should be, a revered environmental icon. But her crusade against one pesticide cost millions of people their lives.

Paul A. Offit
Paul A. Offit
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