The environmentalists
have accused DDT, PCB, and dioxin of all possible evils, from child paralysis to male infertility. The book contains a severe
critique of such propaganda and shows that environmentalist scaremongering is based on very poor science. The distinctive
feature of the book is that every word of critique is meticulously substantiated with references to original literature.
Contents
The Stockholm
POP convention
Ideological and
historical background of the war against DDT
The literature
on POPs
The triumph,
the demise, and the return of DDT
Enter PCBs and
dioxins
Definitions of
DDTs, PCBs, and dioxins
Degradation of
DDT, PCB, and dioxins in the environment
The persistence
of DDTs, PCBs, and dioxins in the environment
DDTs, PCBs, and
dioxins in various environmental compartments
Organochlorines
in animal tissues
Food chains and
biomagnification
DDTs, PCBs, and
dioxins in human food
DDTs, PCBs, and
dioxins in human tissues
Expressing the
toxicity
Toxicity to fish
Toxicity to birds
Toxicity to domestic
and wild animals
Organochlorines
and human health
Organochlorines
and animal cancer
Organochlorines
and human cancer
Health consequences
of the Seveso accident
TCDD and the
Vietnam veterans
Hormonal activity
of organochlorines
