Article ID: CBB000070781

How the discovery of accidental childhood poisoning contributed to the development of environmentalism in the United States (1995)

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Description “After World War II, Americans began to learn that substances that were not delivered by a human agent were poisoning people who not only were unintentional victims but were indirect and unexpected victims of some toxic substance. Furthermore, those substances were often the new synthetic chemicals just coming onto the market.”


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Authors & Contributors
Whorton, James C.
White, Luise
Walters, Bradley B.
Vander, Arthur J.
Steneck, Nicholas H.
Schneider, Daniela Ribeiro
Concepts
Environmental hygiene; Human ecology
Environmental history
Ecology
Cultural anthropology
Anthropology
Sewerage
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
Places
United States
Kansas (U.S.)
North America
British Isles
Colorado (U.S.)
Great Britain
Institutions
University of Chicago
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