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Dr. Robert Riseborough and Victor J. Yannacone at DDT Hearings
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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 filed a petition to ban the use of DDT in Wisconsin. A decorative architectural border can be seen on the wall behind the men.
December 9, 1968
Thompson, Carmie A.
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DDT Hearings
May 14, 1969
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; Vict...
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...
DDT Application
Men pumping DDT from a tank on the back of a truck to be sprayed into a field.
Walter Scott Weighing DDT Transcript
September 26, 1969
Walter Scott of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources weighs the 4,499-page transcript of Wisconsin's DDT hearings.
Robert Spitzer, Mrs. R.R. Spitzer, and Governor Warren P. Knowles
1968
At the Sales and Marketing Executives Banquet. Caption on back reads: "(l to r) Governor Warren P. Knowles, Mrs. R.R. Spitzer and Dr. R.R. Spitzer — SME of Milwaukee, Inc., 'Top Management' Night, ...
