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DDT Hearings
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Group of people seated around a large table discussing the use of DDT. From left to right facing camera: Samuel Rotrosen, President of Montrose Chemical; Maurice van Susteren, public examiner; Victor Yannacone, council for EDF; Lorrie Otto; (obscured, may be) Louis A. McLean, retired lawyer and former counsel for the Velsicol Chemical Corporation (became first counsel for National Agricultural Chemicals Association's (NACA) Industry task Force for DDT; Robert McConnell, public intervenor. With back to camera, second from left is Willard S. Stafford who took over direction of the intervenor's case from McLean and became counsel for the chemical industry and its spokesperson.
May 14, 1969
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Interview for Victor J. Yannacone, 21 December 1973
December 21, 1973
Yannacone had pursued many environmental lawsuits in the 1960s, but was reluctant to tackle DDT until his wife convinced him to do so in 1966. After the judge refused to sign his complaint, Yannaco...
Dr. Robert Riseborough and Victor J. Yannacone at DDT Hearings
December 9, 1968
University of California molecular biologist, Dr. Robert Riseborough, left, confers during a break in the DDT hearings with Victor J. Yannacone, the attorney representing conservation groups who fi...
Interview with Maurice Van Susteren, 10 December 1974
December 10, 1974
Van Susteren discusses the use of Wisconsin laws regarding water pollution in the legal case against the use of DDT and why pursuing a public nuisance case would have proved more difficult. While w...
Lorrie Otto in the Garden
Lorrie Otto in a native wildflower garden behind her home.
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