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P. Rothberg
Rothberg was President of Monsanto Chemical Corporation (manufacturers of DDT). [Note: Tom K. Smith was Vice-President; consider also Louis McLean, General Secretary, Velsicol Co. (manufacturers of chlordane and heptachlor).]
Be sure to review Chaps. 1-3,7,10-13 of Silent Spring. You should be able to comment on the benefits of pesticides, health/food safety(?), and indiscriminate use.
Bibliography
"The Desolate Year." Monsanto Magazine 42 (#4, Oct., 1962): 4-9.
Graham, Since Silent Spring.
Lear, Rachel Carson: Witness for Nature.
See Chemical Weekly, July-Sept. 1962.
Darby, William J. 1961(?). "Silence, Miss Carson". Chem. & Eng. News (Oct. 1): 62-63.
Consider also the books by Lavine & Zimmerman, Leary & Fishbein, and Whorton about early DDT use.
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