Books

Rachel Carson, Silent Spring, 1962. Reprinted Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1987.A classic in environmental literature. Carson gives account after account of possible outcomes of pesticide use in the United States, with specific attention paid to DDT.

Michael Fumento, Science Under Siege. New York:William Morrow, 1993. This book explores a variety of environmental worries, many of which have been exaggerated by the media and environmental activist campaigns.

Cathy Trost, Elements of Risk: The Chemical Industry and Its Threat to America. New York: Times Books, 1984. An exploration of the chemical industry in the United States that raises alarm about the dangers it poses.

Elizabeth Whelan, Toxic Terror. Buffalo,NY: Prometheus Books, 1993.

Citing history and science,Whelan argues that Americans have been misled about the dangers of pesticides and other chemicals.

Periodicals

Dennis Avery,"Why Greens Should Love Pesticides," Wall Street Journal, August 12, 1999.

Janet Raloff, "The Case for...