US companies reaches peak of DDT manufacture
1963 CE • USA
"When Silent Spring was published, DDT production was nearing its peak; in 1963, U.S. companies manufactured about 90,000 tons."
Eliza Griswold, “How ‘Silent Spring' Ignited the Environmental Movement,” The New York Times, September 22, 2012.
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