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Main Title Report of Committee on Persistent Pesticides, Division of Biology and Agriculture, National Research Council to U. S. Department of Agriculture.
CORP Author National Research Council, Washington, D. C. Committee on Persistent Pesticides
Year Published 1969
Report Number EPA-69/003;
Stock Number PB-260 208
Additional Subjects Pesticide residues ; Public health ; Ecosystems ; Air pollution sampling ; Environmental effects ;
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NTIS  PB-260 208 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation 42p
Abstract
Environmental contamination resulting from the use of persistent pesticides in the continental United States is discussed. The report concludes that contamination of the biosphere by persistent pesticides is an internation problem and that changes in techniques for using such pesticides and the substitution of alternatives are questions of concern to all mankind. Included are seven recommendations by the committee.