EVST 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Progressive Era, Bioaccumulation, Malathion
25 Oct 2017
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* member of progressive era in the us. * sent to miss porter"s school in ct. * lived in hull house: for professional women. * lead is the oldest of the industrial poisons except carbon monoxide . * uses powerful scenes and images to contrast old nature vs new normal . * emphasises of physical changes (like agriculture) to chemical contamination on the environment. * introduced into the environment with poor targets. * tendency for combines chemicals that increase toxicity. * given to target organisms to poison predatory organisms that attack them. * pesticides act with more effect than intended. * example: clear lake, california, ddd was used to rid lake of gnats.
