Abstract
In the summer of 1967, 10 young lawyers and scientists in Stony Brook, New York, challenged the widespread use of DDT, the insecticide that had gained wide notoriety following the publication of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring.1 Frustrated by the slow pace of legislative action at the state and federal levels, they decided to sue cities, states, and chemical companies in an effort to halt the pollution of the nation’s land, streams, and lakes.
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