Summary Information

Title: Wisconsin. Department of Natural Resources: DDT Hearings
Inclusive Dates: 1968-1969

Creator:

• Wisconsin. Department of Natural Resources

Call Number: Series 2214

Quantity: 2.0 c.f. (5 archives boxes)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

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Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:

Testimony and exhibits of public hearings held by DNR between December, 1968, and May, 1969, at the request of the Izaak Walton League and the Citizens' Natural Resource 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.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-ser02214

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