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Robert White-Stevens
Stevens was a chemist at Rutgers University and Assistant Director of the Agricultural Research Division of American Cyanimid, a producer of chemical pesticides. He was an outspoken critic of Carson, well exemplified by his appearance on CBS Reports. Consider also the work of his colleague in the industry, Thomas Jukes.
Be sure to review Chaps. 1,2,3,7,(13),15 in Silent Spring. You should be able to comment on Carson's credibility, the benefits of pesticides, [lack of] harm to non-target species(?), food safety(?), and the balance and control of nature.
Bibliography
CBS Reports. "Rachel Carson's Silent Spring." [audio recording].
White-Stevens, Robert (ed.). 1971. Pesticides in the Environment, Part 2. New York: Marcel Decker. [Note the date -- valid for orientation, but not yet published in 1963.] [ Bio-Med 632.951 W588; Ent/Fish/Wild SB951 .W52; Walter SB951 .W52]
White-Stevens, Robert. 1972. "A Perspective on Pesticides." USGA Green Section Record 10(4, July-Aug.): 17-21. URL: turf.lib.msu.edu/1970s/1972/720717.pdf [Nov. 12, 2006]. Copy saved here.
Jukes, Thomas. [review of Silent Spring] in American Scientist.
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