Title: The polluters
Description: Explains how the chemical industry, aided by a compliant government, was able to spread a wide variety of pollutants beginning in the years following World War II, despite the fact that the environmental dangers of such new synthetic chemical products as DDT and nylon were known by both industry and the scientific community.
Subjects: Chemicals, Chemical industry, Pollutants, Pollution, Environmental Pollutants, History, Environmental Pollution, Environmental Policy, History, 20th Century, Environmental aspects
Places: United States