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Ep 42 Dandy Dengue Fever

This Podcast Will Kill You

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The Birth of the Modern Environmentalist Movement

The 1940s, 50s and 60s saw a widespread use of DDT. It also saw the emergence of DDT resistance. Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring was published in 1962. First Earth Day was celebrated in 1970. And by 1972 DDT was banned in the US. Around this time also is when Pahoe kind of stopped or slowed its efforts for mosquito elimination campaigns.

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