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How to sell a poison, the rise fall and toxic return of d d t. Historian elena coni's sweeping narrative follows d d t as generations of americans struggled to make sense of the notorious chemicals risks and benefits. In an age of spreading misinformation on issues including pesticides, vaccines and climate change, cone shows that we need new ways of communicating about science.

Featuring Kojo Koram on his brilliant book Uncommon Wealth: Britain and the Aftermath of Empire. How neoliberalism reorganized colonial capitalist plunder to survive the Third Worldist challenge, and then boomeranged back into the British metropole—a history obscured by rendering “decolonization” into a symbolic culture war battle. Check out How to Sell a Poison: The Rise, Fall, and Toxic Return of DDT by Elena Conis hachettebookgroup.com/titles/elena-conis/how-to-sell-a-poison/9781645036753/ Support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDig