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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
Published
Feb. 4 2017
12:00AM EST
Alfred Eisenstaedt
Paul A. Offit
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