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The anti-vaccine movement has gained ground because the public health community has denied the truth about measles.

Professor Elena Conis argues the current science denialism movement — led by anti-vaxxers, climate deniers and Covid-19 skeptics — has its roots in efforts by industry and right-wing think tanks to cast doubt on science.

<p>The willingness to share information about the toxicity of pesticides has long been compromised by the government's interest in their economic usefulness. From COVID to climate, today's crises show the need for a new balance of transparency and profitability.</p>

Medical historian Elena Conis follows the trail of DDT, a pesticide that was used in warfare during WWII, to hazardous outcomes resulting in bans by the EPA.

In a new book on DDT, a science historian at UC Berkeley reexamines the rise, fall and toxic return of this infamous pesticide.

Scientists have found toxic levels of the chemical at large. And some groups are making the case to produce even more.

In “How to Sell a Poison,” Elena Conis chronicles the history of DDT and its lasting impact.

The United States banned the incredibly toxic pesticide DDT in the early 1970s. But it never went away.