Environmental
Defense Collection
Manuscript Collection 232
Record Group 1 - Personal Papers
Sub-Group IV: Charles Wurster Papers
Collection Description:
Administrative Information
Biographical Note
Scope and Content Note
Series Descriptions
Container Listing
Administrative Information
Total Length: 26
linear feet.
Physical formats: Text,
VHS tapes.
Dates: 1963-2005.
Accession: Transferred
by Charles F. Wurster in 2005.
Biographical Note
Education
Ph.D., Organic Chemistry, Stanford University, 1957
M.S., Organic Chemistry, University of Delaware, 1954 Chemistry
S.B., Chemistry Major, Haverford College, 1952
Professional Interests: Environmental protection and public policy;
public interest science and environmental policy; effects of stable toxic
chemical pollutants on non-target organisms and ecosystems; effects on
plankton communities; protection of natural ecosystems and wildlife;
ornithology; chemical pollutants and avian reproduction; energy policy.
Professional Experience and Background
1970-present: Marine Sciences Research Center, State University of New
York at Stony Brook: Associate Professor of Environmental Toxicology.
1967-present: Environmental Defense Fund: Founder, Board of Trustees,
Secretary,
various committees.
1975-84, 1987-present: Defenders of Wildlife, Board of Directors, program
and litigation
committees.
1988-89: New South Wales State Pollution Control Commission, Macquarie
University, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia: Professor and
Scientist (sabbatical); research, Endosulfan and water birds; environmental
protection policies.
1981: University of Norway: Departments of Chemistry, and Microbiology
and Plant Physiology, Visiting Professor (sabbatical); taught course
in environmental toxicology; research on synchronous algal cultures
and toxic chemical pollutants.
1978-79: National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland: Visiting Scientist,
Special Assistant to the Director.
1965-70: Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, State University
of New York at Stony Brook. 1962-65: Dartmouth College, Department of
Biological Sciences: Research Associate; lipid biochemistry; effects
of DDT on birds.
1959-62: Monsanto Research Corporation, Everett, Mass., Research Chemist: thermal
decomposition of hydrocarbons, jet fuels; laminating resins.
1957-58: Innsbruck University, Austria: Post-doctoral Fulbright
Fellow; organic chemical mechanisms.
1957: Carnegie Institution of Washington, Department of Plant Biology,
Stanford, Calif.; chlorophyll research. 1954-57: Stanford University,
Chemistry Department, Graduate Research Assistant: Decomposition
of primary hydroperoxides and related peroxide derivatives.
1952-54: University of Delaware, Chemistry Department, Graduate Teaching
Assistant
Honors, Awards, Grants, Other Activities
"Who's Who in America," listed each edition since 1970.
Excellence Award, State University of New York United University Professions,
1991.
Chonnam National University, South Korea: Visiting Professor; taught
course in environmental Apr-May 1986. Research Grants since 1983: U.
Geological Survey, Hudson River Foundation, U. S. Environmental Protection
Agency, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, New York Sea
Grant Institute, total $437,578.
Appeared in "Return of the Osprey," television documentary
seen nationwide and abroad, Public Broadcasting
System, 11 March 1986 and other dates.
Ornithologist Tour Leader: Wildlife tours to East Africa (5), Costa
Rica (3), Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, India, Australia, British Isles, Norway,
Svalbard, southeast Alaska (6), Baja, California (4).
"Man of the Year in Science," The Village Times, Stony Brook, New
York, 1977.
Community Service Citation, Long Island University, 1977.
Haverford College Award of 1972.
Pesticides Policy Advisory Committee, U. S. Environmental Protection
Agency, 1075-79.
Research Publications
1. C.F. Wurster, The reaction of nitrous
acid with isopropylamine, M. Thesis, University of Delaware, 1954.
2. H.S.Mosher, C. F. Wurster, Decomposition
of primary hydroperoxides, J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 77, 5451-2 (1955).
3. C.F. Wurster, The thermal decomposition
of primary hydroperoxides, Stanford University, 1957; Univ. Microfilms
(Ann Arbor, Mich.), Publ. No. 23224, 96 pages; Dissertation Abstracts
17, 2830 (1957).
4. C. F. Wurster, L..J. Durham, H.S. Mosher,
Peroxides. VII. The mechanism for the thermal decomposition of primary
hydroperoxides, J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 80, 327-31 (1958).
5. L. J. Durham, C. F. Wurster, H.S. Mosher,
Peroxides. VIII. The mechanism for the thermal decomposition of
n-butyl hydroperoxide and
n-butyl 1-hydroxbutyl peroxide, J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 80, 332-7 (1958).
6. J.H.C. Smith, L. J. Durham, C. F. Wurster,
Formation and bleaching of chlorophyll in albino corn seedlings,
Plant Physiol. 34, 340-5 (1959).
7. C.F. Wurster, J.O. Smith, C.N. Satterfield,
Luminosities of hydrocarbons in the gas phase,
Amer. Chem. Soc., Div. Petrol.
Chem., Preprints 5, No. 4, C49-C58 (1960): Chem Abstracts
55, 22787f (1961).
8. C.F. Wurster, J.O. Smith, C.N. Satterfield,
Flame luminosities of hydrocarbons and
hydrocarbon mixtures burned
in the gas phase, J. Chem. Eng. Data 6, 626-30 (1961).
9. C.F. Wurster, J.H. Copenhaver, R. Shafer,
Separation of the methyl esters of oleic, linoleic,
and linolenic acids
by column chromatography using cation exchange resin containing silver
ion, J. Amer. Oil Chemists'
Soc. 40, 513-14 (1963).
10. Wurster, J. H. Copenhaver, Turnover of P-32
in rabbit kidney lecithins as a function of lecithin unsaturation (Abstract),
Fed. Proc. 23, 221, No. 722.
11. C.F. Wurster, J. H. Copenhaver, Incorporation
of P-32 phosphate in rabbit kidney lecithins
as a function of lecithin
unsaturation, Biochim. Biophys. Acta 98, 351-5 (1965).
12. C.F. Wurster, D.H. Wurster, W.N. Strickland,
Bird mortality after spraying for dutch elm
disease with DDT, Science
148, 90-1 (1965).
13. C.F. Wurster, D.H. Wurster, DDT spray and
bird mortality (comment on report), Science
149, 326 (1965).
14. D.H.Wurster, W. N. Strickland, Bird mortality
following DDT spray for Dutch elm disease, Ecology 46, 488-99
15. C.F. Wurster, J. H. Copenhaver, Thin-layer
chromatographic separation of dimethylphosphatidates derived from lecithins,
Lipids 1, 422-6 (1966).
16. G.M. Woodwell, C. F. Wurster, P.A. Isaacson,
DDT residues in an East Coast estuary: A case of biological
concentration of a persistent
insecticide, Science 156, 821-4.
17. C. F. Wurster, D.B. Wingate, DDT residues
and declining reproduction in the Bermuda petrel,
Science 159, 979-81 (1968).
18. C.F. Wurster, DDT reduces photosynthesis
by marine phytoplankton, Science 159, 1474-5
(1968).
19. C. F. Wurster, DDT and robins (letter), Science
159, 1413 (1968).
20. Wurster, Chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticides
and avian reproduction: How are they
related?, First Rochester
Conference on Toxicity, Univ. of Rochester, 4-6 June 1968.
21. C. F. Wurster, D. B. Wingate, DDT residues
and Bermuda petrels (technical comment), Science
161,397 (1968).
22. C. Wurster, Chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticides
and the world ecosystem, Biological
Conservation 1, 123-9 (1969).
23. W. E. Odum, G.M. Woodwell, C.F. Wurster,
DDT residues absorbed from organic detritus by
fiddler crabs, Science 164,
576-7 (1969).
24. M. I. Oestreicher, D.H. Shuman, C.F. Wurster,
DDE reduces medullary bone formation in birds, Nature 229, 571 (1971).
25. C.F. Wurster, Aldrin and Dieldrin, Environment
13 (8), 33-45 (1971).
26. J.L. Mosser, N.S. Fisher, T.C. Teng, C.F.
Wurster, Polychlorinated biphenyls: toxicity to
certain phytoplankters, Science
175, 191-2 (1972).
27. C.F. Wurster, Effects of insecticides, Chapter
9 (pp. 293-310) in The Environmental Future,
N. Polunin (ed.) Macmillan
Press, London, 1972.
28. J.L. Mosser, N.S. Fisher, C.F. Wurster, PCBs
and DDT alter species composition in mixed
cultures of algae, Science,
176 533-5 (1972).
29. J.L. Mosser, N.S. Fisher, T.-C Teng, C.F.
Wurster, PCBs in the Environment (letter)
Science 177, 116 (1972).
30. N.S. Fisher, L.B. Graham, E.J. Carpenter,
C.F. Wurster, Geographic differences in
phytoplankton sensitivity
to PCBs, Nature 241, 548-9.
31. N.S. Fisher, C.F. Wurster, Individual and
combined effects of temperature and
polychlorinated biphenyls
on the growth of three species of phytoplankton, Environ. Pollut.
5 205-12.
32. N.S. Fisher, E.J. Carpenter, C.C. Remsen,
C.F. Wurster, Effects of PCB on interspecific
competition in natural and
gnotobiotic phytoplankton communities in continuous and batch
cultures, Microbial Ecology
1, 39-50 (1974).
33. J.L. Mosser, T.-C Teng, W.G. Walter, C.F.
Wurster, Interactions of PCB’s, DDT and DDE in a
marine diatom, Bull. Environmental
Contam. Toxicol. 12, 665-8 (1974).
34. C.D. Powers, R.G. Rowland, R.A. Michaels,
N.S. Fisher, C.F. Wurster, The toxicity of DDE to a
marine dinoflagellate, Enviro.
Poll. 9, 253-62 (1975).
35. N.S. Fisher, C. F. Wurster, Impact of pollutants
on plankton communities, Environ. Conserv.
1, 189-90 (1974).
36. N. S. Fisher, R. R. L. Guillard, C.F. Wurster,
Effects of a chlorinated hydrocarbon pollutant on
the growth kinetics of a marine
diatom, pp. 305-17 in Modeling Biochemical Processes in
Aquatic Ecosystems, R.P. Canale (ed.), Ann Arbor Science Publishers,
Ann Arbor
Mich. (1976).
37. C.D. Powers, R.G. Rowland, C.F. Wurster,
Dieldrin-induced destruction of marine algal cells
with concomitant decrease
in size of survivors and their progeny, Environ. Poll. 12, 17-25
(1977).
38. C.D. Powers, R. G. C. F. Wurster, Dialysis
membrane chambers as a device for impacts of pollutants on plankton under
natural conditions, Water Research 10, 991-4 (1976).
39. C. D. Powers, R.G. Rowland, H.B. O’Connors,
C.F. Wurster, Response to PCB of marine phytoplankton isolates cultured
under natural conditions, Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 34, 760-5 (1977).
40. D.C. Biggs, R.G. Rowland, H.B. O’Connors,
C.D. Powers, C.F. Wurster, A comparison of the effects of chlordane and
PCB on the growth, photosynthesis and cell size of estuarine phytoplankton,
Environ, Pollut, 15, 253-63.
41. B. Magnani, C. D. Powers, F. Wurster, H.B.
O’Connors, Effects of chlordane and heptachlor on the marine dinoflagellate,
Exuviella baltica, Lohmann, Bull. Environ. Contamin. Toxicol, 20, 1-8
(1978).
42. D. C. Biggs, C.D. Powers, R.G. Rowland, H.B. O’Connors,
C.F. Wurster, B. O'Connors, Wurster, Uptake of polychlorinated biphenyls
by natural phytoplankton assemblages: Field and laboratory determination
of 14-C-PCB particle-water index of sorption, Environ. Pollut. (Series
A) 22, 101-10 (1980).
43. C. Biggs, R. G. Rowland, C. F. Wurster,
Effects of trichloro-ethylene, hexachlorobenzene and
polychlorinated biphenyls
on the growth and cell size of marine phytoplankton, Bull, Environ.
Contamin. Toxicol. 21, 196-201
(1979).
44. H. B. O'Connors, C.F. Wurster, C.D. Powers, D.C.
Biggs, R.G. Rowland, Polychlorinated biphenyls
may alter marine trophic pathways
by reducing phytoplankton size and production, Science 201, 737-9.
45. C. D. Powers, C. F. Wurster, R.G. Rowland,
DDE inhibition of marine algal cell division and photosynthesis per cell,
Pesticide Physiol. 10, 306-12 (1979).
46. R.A. Michaels, R.G. Rowland, C.F. Wurster,
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) inhibit
photosynthesis per cell in
the marine diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana, Environ. Poll. (Ser. A)
27, 9-14 (1982).
47. G.M. Nau-Ritter, C.F. Wurster, R.G. Rowland,
Polychlorinated desorbed from clay particles
inhibit photosynthesis by
natural phytoplankton communities, Environ. Poll. (Ser. A) 28, 177-82.
48. C.D. Powers, G.M. Nau-Ritter, R.G. Rowland,
C.F. Wurster, Field and laboratory studies of the toxicity to phytoplankton
of PCBs desorbed from fine clays and natural suspended particulates,
J. Great Lakes Res. 8, 350-7
(1982).
49. H.B. O'Connors, C. D. Powers, C. F. Wurster,
K. D. Wyman, G. M. Nau-Ritter, R.G. Rowland, Fates and biological effects
on plankton of particle-sorbed PCB's in coastal waters, pp. 423-49 in
Ecological Stress and the New York Bight: Science
and Management, G. F. Mayer, Ed, Estuarine Research Federation, Columbia,
South Carolina (1982).
50. G.M. Nau-Ritter, C.F. Wurster, R.G. Rowland,
Partitioning of 14C-PCB between water and particulates
with various organic contents,
Water Research 16, 1615-8 (1982).
51. G.M. Nau-Ritter, C.F. Wurster, Sorption of
polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) to clay
particulates and effects of
desorption on phytoplankton, Water Research 17, 383-7 (1983).
52. C.F. Wurster, Effects of chlorinated hydrocarbon
pollutants on phytoplankton (Abstract),
Estuaries 6, 331 (1983).
53. G.M. Capriulo, J. Flazenbaum, C.F. Wurster,
R.G. Rowland, Resistance may be an important
mechanism by which marine
microbes respond to environmental toxicants, Est. Coast. Shelf
Sci. 17, 573-9 (1983).
54. G. B. MaManus, K. D. Wyman, W. T. Peterson,
C. F. Wurster, Factors affecting the elimination of PCBs in the marine
copepod Acartia tonsa, Est. Coast. Shelf Sci. 17, 421-30 (1983).
55. P. Lundy, C.F. Wurster, R.G. Rowland, A two-species
marine algal bioassay for detecting aquatic toxicity of chemical pollutants,
Water Research 18, 187-94 (1984).
56. E.M. Cosper, C.F. Wurster, R.G. Rowland, PCB resistance
within phytoplankton populations in polluted and unpolluted marine environments,
Mar. Environ. Res. 12, 209-23 (1984).
57. R. Valente, E.M. Cosper, C.F. Wurster, Interactive
effects of copper and silicic acid on resting
spore formation and viability
in a marine diatom, J. Phycol. 23, 156-63 (1987).
58. E.M. Cosper, B.J. Snyder, L.M. Arnold, L.A.
Zaikowski, C.F. Wurster, Induced resistance and altered
environmental fitness in a
marine diatom, Mar. Environ. Res. 23, 207-22 (1987).
59. E.M. Cosper, C.F. Wurster, M.F. Bautista,
PCB-resistant diatoms in the Hudson River estuary,
Est. Coast. Shelf Sci. 26,
215-26 (1988).
60. H.R. Ruben, E.M. Cosper, C. F. Wurster, High
light intensity increases PCB toxicity to a
marine diatom, Environ. Toxicol.
Chem., 9, 777-84 (1990).
61. M.K. Cohen, A.S. West, E.M. Cosper, C.F.
Wurster, Mechanisms of resistance to
polychlorinated biphenyls
(PCB) in two species of marine diatoms, J. Mar. Biol. Assoc., U.K.,
71, 247-53 (1991).
62. R.J. Whyte, C.F. Wurster, Feeding ecology
of Darters and Little Pied Cormorants in Northern
New South Wales, in preparation.
Other Publications
1. Wurster, Dutch elm disease, DDT, and
birds, New Hampshire Audubon Quarterly, 17, 47-50
(1964).
2. R.E. Smolker, C.F. Wurster, Book review
of Bugs or People? by W. McMillen, Quart. Rev.
Biol. 42, 100-1 (1967).
3. C.F. Wurster, Beetles and dieldrin (letter),
Science 163, 229 (1969).
4. C.F. Wurster, DDT: Boon to man—or
bane to the environment?, The Washington Post
(Outlook sect.), Sun. 4 May
1969.
5. C.F. Wurster, DDT: Danger to the
environment, University Review (State Univ. of New York)
2, 20-5 (Summer 1969).
6. C.F. Wurster, DDT goes to trial in Madison,
Bioscience 19, 809-13 (1969).
7. C.F. Wurster, The charge is biocide;
DDT stands trial, Audubon 71, 128-35
8. C. F. Wurster, The alarming case against
DDT (interview), Reader's Digest 95, 99-104 (Oct. 1969).
9. C.F. Wurster, DDT in the world ecosystem,
The Explorer 11, 17-21 (Fall 1969), from the
symposium “Search for
Survival” , April-May 1969.
10. C. F. Wurster, DDT and the environment, pp.
37-54 in Agenda for Survival,
H.W. Helfrich, Ed., Yale Univ.
Press, New Haven, 1970.
11. C. F. Wurster, DDT in mother's milk, Saturday
Review, 2 May 1970, pages 58-9.
12. C. F. Wurster, DDT, Collier's Year Book 1970,
Ann. Suppl. to Collier's Encyclopedia and Merit
Students Encyclop., pp. 75-90.
13. C.F. Wurster, Product pushers vs. the People,
Field and Stream, June 1970,
pages 42, 44, 60.
14. P.A. Buckley, C. F. Wurster, White-faced
storm petrels Pelagodroma marina in the North
Atlantic, Bull. British Ornithol.
Club 90, 35-8 (1970).
15. J.W. Moorman, C.F. Wurster, C.R. Halpern,
E. Berlin, Environmental Defense Fund, et al.
vs. U.S. Department of Agriculture,
U.S. Ct of Appeals, Wash. D.C., 1970 (Litigation leading
to cancellation of DDT registrations
under Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, Rodenticide Act.)
16. E. Berlin, C.F. Wurster, J.W. Moorman, Environmental
Defense Fund, et al. vs. U.S.
Department of Health, Education
and Welfare, U.S. Court of Appeals, Wash. D.C., 1970
(Litigation seeking zero tolerances
for DDT in foodstuffs under the Federal Food, Drug and
and Cosmetics Act.)
17. C.F. Wurster, As long as it doesn't kill
anybody..., Innovation, No. 17, January 1971,
18. C.F. Wurster, et al. DDT proponents challenged
(letter), Science 171, 522-5 (1971).
19. E.L. Rogers, C.F. Wurster, W. H. Rodgers, Environmental
Defense Fund vs. Montrose
Chemical Corp., 1970. (Litigation
to prevent discharge of DDT in Pacific Ocean.)
20. E.L. Rogers, C.F. Wurster, Environmental
Defense Fund, et al. vs. U.S. Department of
Agriculture, 1970. (Litigation
seeking to prevent program to eradicate the imported fire ant
with Mirex.)
21. C.F. Wurster, DDT: It is needed against
malaria, but for the whole environment…,
Smithsonian 1, 40-9 (October
1970).
22. C.F. Wurster, DDT makes matters worse, The
New York Times (Op-Ed page), 12 Aug. 1971.
23. C.F. Wurster, R. van den Bosch, Pesticides often
make pest problems worse,
Associated Press, 12 Dec.
1971; Audubon 74, 118-9 (Jan. 1972)
24. C.F. Wurster, DDT in Australia (letter),
Search 3 (10), 353-4 (1972). Also in
Operculum 2 (3), 59-60 (1972).
25. Wurster, Cancer hazards in our environment,
EDF Letter (Environmental Defense Fund),
January 1973, page 2.
26. Wurster, DDT proved neither essential nor safe,
Bioscience 23, 105-6 (1973).
27. C.F. Wurster, E. R. Habicht, Cancer all around
us, The New York Times (Op-Ed page),
23 August 1973.
28. Wurster, The case against Aldrin, Dieldrin,
Audubon 75 (6). 121-4 (November 1973).
29. C.F. Wurster, Do insecticides control insects?,
EDF Letter (Environmental Defense
Fund), September 1974, page
2.
30. C.F. Wurster, More about DDT (letter), J.
Amer. Med. Assoc. 231 463-4 (1975).
31. C.F. Wurster, A.P. Cooley, An alternative to term
papers (letter), Bioscience 26, 477 (1976).
32. C.F. Wurster, For the saccharin ban, The New York
Times (Op-Ed page), 20 March 1977.
33. C.F. Wurster, Effective regulation of carcinogens
is threatened by confusion over test
procedures, EDF Letter (Environmental
Defense Fund), Sept.-Oct. 1977
34. C.F. Wurster, Of salt…and snow, The
New York Times (Op-Ed page), 4 March 1978.
35. D. N. Sauder, R.P. Hall, C. F. Wurster, Dermal
myiasis: The porcine lipid cure,
Arch. Dermatol. 117, 681-2
(1981).
36. C. F. Wurster, Review of Aquatic Pollution;
Environmental Science and Technology, by
E.A. Laws (John Wiley, New
York, 1981), Quart. Rev. Biol. 58, 108-9 (1983).
37. C.F. Wurster, Review of The Birds of Africa
by L.H. Brown, E.K. Urban, K. Newman,
(Academic Press, London and
New York, 1982), Quart. Rev. Biol. 58, 578 (1983).
38. C.F. Wurster, Effects of chlorinated hydrocarbon
pollutants on phytoplankton (Abstr.)
Estuaries 6, 331 (1983).
39. C.F.Wurster, Review of Safari: The
East African Diaries of a Wildlife Photographer, by G
Ziesler, A, Hofer (Edison/Sadd
Editions, Facts on File Publ. New York, 1984).
40. C.F. Wurster, Review of The Birds of Australia: A
Book of Identification, by K. Simpson,
N. Day (Tanager Books, Dover,
N.H. 1984). Quart. Rev. Biol. 60, 521-2 (1985).
41. E.M. Cosper, M.F. Bautista, C.F. Wurster,
Effects of PCB on estuarine diatoms:
Resistance and growth enhancement,
EOS Trans. Am. Geophys. Union 67, 980, No. 44
(1986).
42. Wurster, Review of Birds of Eucalypt Forests and
Woodlands: Ecology, Conservation,
Management, Edited by A. Keast,
H.F. Recher, H. Ford, D. Saunders (Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union
& Surrey Beatty, New
South Wales, 1985), Quart. Rev. Biol. 62, 332-3 (1987).
43. C. F. Wurster, Birds often warn of environmental
degradation, EDF Letter (Environmental
Defense Fund), October 1989
44. Wurster, Under Bush's plan, clean air becomes
profitable, Newsday, (Viewpoint section),
29 November 1989.
45. R.J. Whyte, C.F. Impact of Endosulfan on
waterbirds in cotton growing areas, report to
New South Wales State Pollution
Control Commission (Australia), 52 pp., 1989.
46. C.F. Wurster, Tax fossil fuels to help fight
global warming, Newsday (Viewpoints),
p. 53 23 October 1990.
Scope and Content Note
The papers of Charles F. Wurster consist of correspondence, reprints,
manuscripts, publications, clippings, and videos. The collection dates
from 1963 to 2005. The collection focuses on two areas: legal action
against DDT, Aldrin Dieldrin, and other insecticides and the activities
of Environmental Defense. Dr. Wurster’s writings and correspondence
as well as subject files complete the collection. The writing series
contains research articles, editorials, statements and testimony. Frequent
topics include: the
effects of pesticides on the terrestrial and marine ecosystems. The papers
are housed in 55 boxes (27 linear ft) arranged into 12 series:
Correspondence
Writings
Environmental Defense—Board of Trustees
Environmental Defense—Executive Committee
Environmental Defense—Administration
Environmental Defense—Programs
DDT
Aldrin Dieldrin
Mirex
Pesticides
Subject Files
University Files
Series Descriptions
Series 1: Correspondence, 1967-1999,
bulk 1970s [1.5 linear feet]
Arrangement: alphabetical by correspondent’s last name. The correspondence
series contains letters and notes from colleagues, congressmen and concerned
citizens. Information requests, notes
of thanks and lecture requests are frequent topics. Personalities in
science and politics expressed interest in the Environmental Defense Fund’s
activities against pesticides; among them are: Robert F. Kennedy, James Watson,
Otis G. Pike, David R. Obey and Daniel Patrick Moynihan. The highest concentration
of correspondence comes from: Lorrie Otto, a Wisconsin conservationist; Robert
van den Bosch, Professor of Entomology at UC Berkeley; and the executives of
Environmental Defense.
Series 2: Biography and Writings, 1966-2004
[1.4 linear feet]
Arrangement: Chronological by format. The biographical section contains
curriculum vitae and publicity in the form of newspaper clippings
and award programs and flyers. The writings section collects research
articles, magazine articles, editorials, testimony, and book reviews
in published and manuscript form. Publications represented include: Science, Biochimica
et Biophysica Acta, Marine Environmental Research and Environmental
Contamination & Toxicology.
Series 3: Environmental Defense-Board
of Trustees, 1967-2005 [6 linear feet]
Arrangement: Divided into 2 sub-series: Correspondence/Memoranda and Minutes.
The minutes deal with policy and procedure as well as case approval procedures
and decisions on proposed litigation activities. Memoranda range in topic
from EDF structural and personnel policies, to publicity strategies and fundraising.
Series 4: Executive Committee of the Board
of Trustees, 1969-1987 [2.3 linear feet]
Arrangement: Divided into 2 sub-series: Correspondence/Memoranda and Minutes.
Executive Committee memos concern EDF’s programs, personnel, organizational
structure, and case approval requests. Beginning in the 1980s, the Executive
Committee minutes are filed with other committees in the Board of Trustees
meeting packets.
Series 5: Environmental Defense-General Administration,
1972-2003 [1.4 linear feet]
Arrangement: Divided into 4 sub-series: Public Information/Communications,
Fundraising/Development, Inter-office Bulletins and Videos. The administration
series covers all daily operative and management activities. This small
series covers inter-office communications, discussions about fundraising
matters, and published information aimed at the general public.
Series 6: Environmental Defense-Programs,
1978-2005 [10 inches]
Arrangement: by format; reports arranged chronologically by program.
The program files are memoranda and project reports from the Toxics,
Water, and Energy programs.
Series 7: DDT, 1966-1972 [4.5 linear feet]
Arrangement: Divided into 3 sub-series: litigation and hearings files,
DDT in the media, and research documents.
Assembled here are the affidavits, testimony,
and other court documents created from the early cases that argued the DDT
question. Also
included are media clippings documenting the local coverage of the trials
and debates on the use of DDT.
Series 8: Aldrin/Dieldrin, 1970-1974 [2 linear
feet]
Arrangement: Divided into 2 sub-series: cancellation hearings and research
documents.
Documentation of the cancellation hearings contains briefs,
experts’ statements
and related correspondence on the issuance of tolerance limits for aldrin
and dieldrin. The research documents are journal articles arranged
by subject.
Series 9: Mirex, 1971-1975 [5 inches]
Arrangement: Divided by format.
Mirex contains court documents, clippings,
impact statements and research articles surrounding the proposed cancellation
of mirex and the USDA’s
Fire Ant Eradication Program.
Series 10: Pesticides, 1964-1974 [1.7 linear
feet]
Arrangement: Alphabetical by subject.
This series is a collection of
subject files on the general use and regulation of pesticides as well
as samples of information about other pesticides including 2,4,5-T,
heptachlor, and chlordane.
Series 11: Subject Files, 1964-2003 [2.7 linear
ft.]
Arrangement: Alphabetical by subject.
This series collects brief information
on many subjects in various formats. The largest file groups are those
dealing with carcinogens, saccharin, and mercury. Recurrent formats
are media clippings and reprints.
Series 12: Stony Brook University Files, 1966-1988
[1.5 linear feet]
The series collects proposals and progress reports on grants, class
syllabi, and miscellaneous files. The miscellaneous files include proceedings
from workshops and a petition for the withdrawal and suspension of the
approval of carageenan as a food additive.
Box and Container Listing
SERIES 1: Correspondence
Scope: Does not include correspondence on DDT, Aldrin or mirex
Bulk of the correspondence is the late 1960s to mid 1970s.
Box 1
Correspondents:
Daniel W. Anderson [U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife
Service], 1971
Eddie Albert [addressee], 1970
Daniel L. Azarnoff, 1969
Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania, 1974
H. Lewis Batts [subject], 1991
Joel M. Berns, M.D., 1971
Bethlehem Steel Corporation [D.J. Blickwede], 1969
L. Charles Birch [University of Sydney], 1972
Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, 1970
Irene Brown [California State College, Hayward], 1971
Robert E. Burke, M.D.
Robert L. Burnap, 1968-69
Rod Cameron, n.d.
Cancer Prevention Coalition, 1994
D.A. Chant, 1969-70
Dr. Chung Il Choi, 1988
John Clark [U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service],
1969
Howard H. Cleaves, 1969
Committee for Green Foothills, 1969
D.W. Connell [Griffith University, Australia], 1980
George Cornwell [University of Florida], 1969
Martha Deane [WOR radio], 1969
John D. Diekman, Ph.D., 1973
D-Vac Co. [vacuum insect nets], n.d.
Everett J. Dietrick [Applied insect ecologist], 1968
Daniel Dudek [Environmental Defense Fund], 1994
Lee A. DuBridge, 1969
Thomas R. Dunlap, 1974
Charles Edwards [addressee, Food and Drug Administration], 1970
Paul and Anne Ehrlich [subject], 1977
Frank E. Egler, 1974
James H. Enderson [Colorado College], 1968
Environmental Clearinghouse, 1969
Environmental Defense Fund [memoranda, addressee], 1996
Samuel Epstein
George Gardner [note, University of Florida], 1970
Sen. Charles E. Goodell [note], 1972
Gilbert Gude
Frances Hamerstrom, 1971
Dale Hattis, 1971-73
Haverford College, 1972
William E. Hazeltine
H. LeRoy Heinrichs, M.D., Ph.D., 1969
John Heritage [note], 1969
Steve Herman, 1968
Joseph Hickey, 1968
A. Dexter Hinckley, 1969
C.S. Holling [University of British Columbia], 1970
Mrs. Boyd Hunt [predator control inquiry], 1971
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Jacob K. Javits [note], 1970, 1977
Elise Jerard, Ph.D., 1975
Robert F. Kennedy [note], 1967
George Knox [note, University of Canterbury], 1975
Edward J. Kormondy, 1977
Fredrick Krupp, 2000
Goran LaFroth, 1969-71
Walter B. Langley [note], 1969
Lafayette College [note], 1969
Joshua Lederberg [addressee], 1970
Marvin S. Legator [with paper], 1971
Orie L. Loucks [addressee], 1971
James P. Ludwig [with papers, St. Cloud State College], 1968
Dan W. Lufkin [note], 1970
Long Island University—Southampton [note], 1970
Long Island University—C.W. Post [note], 1970
Kenneth J. Macek [Bionomics], 1975
Michael Male, 1983
Michigan Dept of Natural Resources, 1972
Andrew Maguire [note]
Robert Mann [University of Auckland], 1974, 1978
James G. Martin [note], 1977
Scott McVay, 1971
Kenneth Mellanby, 1977
Monmouth College [note], 1970
Harry Mosher [subject], 1980
Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan [note], 1977
Senator John A Nejedly [note]
Senator Gaylord Nelson
National council of State Garden Clubs [note], 1970
North Carolina State University [Prof. Frank E. Guthrie], 1969
Notre Dame [note], 1973
David R. Obey [note]
Richard L. Ottinger [note], 1969
Margaret Owings, 1969
Prof. Irwing I. Oster [note], 1969
Lorrie Otto, 1972-1989
David F. Parkhurst [Indiana University], 1975
Glenn Paulson [New Jersey Dept of Environmental Protection], 1974
David Peakall [Cornell University], 1968
Otis G. Pike
Fredrick W. Plapp [UC Berkeley], 1969
Nicholas Polunin, 1972
Laura Pulido [EDF inquiry], 1991
William C. Purty [University of Maryland], 1970
Rachel Carson Trust, 1968-69
Robert Risenbrough, 1968-73, 1977
Kim Rivera [National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska Region], 1998
Edward Lee Rogers [note], 1976
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William Rodgers, 1970-1971
San Francisco Chronicle, 1974
David Peter Sachs [Stanford], 1970
Umberto Saffiotti
Sen. Hugh Scott [note], 1969
Sears Family Foundation [note], 1969
Simon & Schuster [addressee], 1969
Sierra Club [addressee], 1987
Robert Smolker [subject], 1985
Andrew Stein [note], 1970
Alan B. Steinbach [note], 1969
Paul Spitzer [osprey data], n.d.
Stockton State College [Elizabeth Marsh], 1973
Sunset Magazine, 1969
Gary Taylor, 1989
Terra Society, 1971 [inquiry re: pesticides]
Time-Life Inc, 1976
Russell Train [note], 1973
Stewart Udall, 1968-70, 1986
Arthur C. Upton [subject], 1977, 1988
Robert van den Bosch, 1968-1976
Robert van den Bosch Memorial Committee, 1978-1985
WNBC TV [note], 1970
Margaret M. Watrous, 1977
James Watson [addressee], 1968
Western Reserve Academy [note], 1969
John F. Wehmiller [note, Columbia University], 1969
Clarke Williams [note, Regional Marine Resources Council], 1969
David Wingate, 1970-75, 1979
George M. Woodwell
Yale University [note], 1970
Jane H. Yarn [note, Council on Environmental Quality], 1980
SERIES 2: Biography and Writings
Box 1
Charles F. Wurster—Lecture publicity, 1970
Awards & honors [correspondence], 1972
Media clippings, 1971-75, 1993, 2001
Research & Magazine Articles:
Wurster, C.F., Copenhaver, Jr. J.H., Shafer, P.R. Separation of the
methyl esters of oleic
linoleic,
and linolenic acids by column chromatography using cation exchange resin
containing
silver ion. J. of the American Oil Chemists’ Society, 40 (10),
513-514.
Wurster, C.F., Copenhaver, Jr., J.H. Incorporation of [32P] phosphate
kidney
lecithins
as a function of lecithin unsaturation. Biochimica et Biophysica
Acta. 98
351-355.
Wurster, C.F., Copenhaver, Jr., J.H. Thin-Layer chromatographic separation
of
dimethylphosphatidates
derived from lecithins. Lipids, 1 (6), 422-426.
Wurster, C.F., Wurster, D.H., Strickland, W.N. Bird mortality after
spraying
for dutch
elm disease with DDT. Science, 148 (3666), 90-91.
Wurster C.F.(1968). DDT reduces photosynthesis in marine phytoplankton.
Manuscript submitted to Science: manuscript and raw data
Wurster C. F. Bird studies (raw data) ca 1968
Wurster, C. F. (1968). DDT reduces photosynthesis by marine phytoplankton. Science,
159, 1474-1475.
Wurster, C.F., Wingate, David B. (1968). DDT residues and declining
reproduction of
Bermuda
Petrels. Science, 159 (3818), 979-981.
Wurster, C.F. (ca. 1968). Chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticides and
the world ecosystem.
Manuscript.
Wurster, C. F. (ca. 1968). Chlorinated hydrocarbons and wildlife.
Manuscript.
Miller, J.N. (1969). The alarming case against DDT: An interview with
Charles F.
Wurster. Reader’s
Digest, October 1969, galley proof.
Odum, W.E., Woodwell, G.M., Wurster, C.F. (1969). DDT residues absorbed
from organic detritus
by fiddler
crabs. Science, 164, 576-577.
Wurster, C. F. (1969). DDT: Danger to the environment. University
Review, 2 (3)
20-22.
Wurster, C. F. (ca. 1969). DDT, Dieldrin & the world ecosystem.
Manuscript.
Epstein S. S., et al. (March 1970). DDT: Universal contamination of
the earth?
Roche Medical Image & Commentary 12 (3), 14-18.
Buckley, P.A., Wurster, C.F. (1970). White-faced storm petrels, pelagodroma
marina, in the North
Atlantic. Bulletin
of the British Ornithologists’ Club, 90 (2), 35-38.
Wurster, C. F. (1970). Life on our little spaceship. Manuscript submitted
to Field and Stream.
Mosser, J. et al. (1971). Polychlorinated biphenyls: Toxicity to certain
phytoplankters. Science,
175, 191-192.
Oestreicher, M. I., Shuman Deborah H., Wurster, Charles F. (1971). DDE
reduces medullary bone
formation
in birds. Nature, 229 (5286), 571.
Wurster, C. F. (1971). Aldrin and dieldrin: environmental and human
health aspects.
Environment,
8, 33-45.
Wurster, C. F. (1971). Aldrin and dieldrin. Environment, 13
(8), 33-41.
Wurster, C. F. (1971). Do insecticides really control insects? Manuscript.
Wurster, C. F. (1972). Effects of insecticides. Proceedings of the
First International Conference
on Environmental
Future. Jvaskyla, Finland, 27 June-3 July, 1971., 294-310.
Fisher, N., Wurster, C.F. (1973). Individual & combined effects
of temperature & PCBs
on the growth
of three species of phytoplankton. Environmental Pollution, 5, 205-212.
Wurster, C. F., Habicht, E.R. (1973, 23 August). Cancer is all around
us.
The New
York Times, 37.
Wurster, C. F. (1973). Aldrin and dieldrin on trial. Manuscript
prepared for Audubon.
Fisher, N., et al. (1974). Effects of PCB on interspecific competition
in natural & gnotobiotic
phytoplankton
communities in continuous batch cultures. Microbial Ecology, 1, 39-50.
Mosser, J. et al. (1974). Interactions of PCBs, DDT, & DDE in a
marine diatom. Bulletin of
Environmental
Contamination & Toxicology, 12 (6), 665-668.
Powers, C.D. Rowland, R. G., Wurster, C. F. (1976). Dialysis membrane
chambers
as a device
for evaluating impacts of pollutants on plankton under natural conditions.
Water Research,
10, 991-994.
Powers, C. D., Wurster, C. F., Rowland, R. G. (1977). Dieldrin-induced
destruction
of marine
algal cells with concomitant decrease in size of survivors and their progeny.
Environmental
Pollution, 12.
Powers, C. D., et al. (1977). Response to polychlorinated biphenyls
of marine phytoplankton
isolates
cultured under natural conditions. Applied & Environmental Microbiology,
34 (6),
760-764.
Wurster, C. F. (1977). American scientists take legal action
to improve pesticide regulation.
Manuscript.
Wurster, C. F. (1977). Effective regulation of carcinogens is threatened
by confusion.
Written
for the EDF Letter.
Magnani, B., et al. (1978). Effects of chlordane & heptachlor on
the marine dinoflagellate
exuviella
baltica Lohmann. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination & Toxicology, 20,
1-5.
O’Connors, H.B., et al. (1978). PCBs may alter marine trophic
pathways by reducing
phytoplankton
size & production. Science, 201, 737-739.
Biggs, D.C., Rowland, R.G., Wurster, C. F. (1979). Effects of trichloroethylene,
hexachlorobenzene, & PCBs
on the growth and cell size of marine phytoplankton.
Bulletin
of Environmental Contamination & Toxicology, 21, 196-201
Powers, C. D., Wurster, C. F., Rowland, R.G. (1979). DDE inhibition
of marine algal
cell division
and photosynthesis per cell. Pesticide Biochemistry & Physiology,
10, 306-12
Michaels, R.A., Rowland, R. G., Wurster, C. F. (ca. 1979). Polychlorinated
biphenyls
inhibit photosynthesis per cell in the marine diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana.
Manuscript.
Biggs, D.C., et al. (1980). Uptake of PCBs by natural phytoplankton
assemblages: field & laboratory
determination
of 14C-PCB particle-water index of absorption. Environmental Pollution
(Series
A), 22, 101-110.
Nau-Ritter, G. M., Wurster, C. F., Rowland, R.G. (1982). PCB desorbed
from clay
particles
inhibit photosynthesis by natural photoplankton communities.
Environmental
Pollution, 28, 177-182.
Nau-Ritter, G. M., Wurster, C. F., Rowland, R.G. (1982). Partitioning
of [14C] PCB
between
water & particulates with organic contents. Water Research, 16,
1615-1618.
O’Connors, H.B. et al. (1982). Fates and biological effects of
particle-sorbed PCBs in coastal waters.
Ecological
Stress & the New York Bight: Science & Management.
Powers, C. D., et al. (1982). Field & laboratory studies of the
toxicity to phytoplankton of PCBs
desorbed
from fine clays and natural suspended particulates. Journal of Great Lakes
Research,
8, (2), 350-357.
McManus, G. B. et al. (1983). Factors affecting the elimination of PCBs
in the Marine Copepod
Arcatia
Tonse. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 17, 421-430.
Nau-Ritter, G. M., Wurster, C. F. (1983). Sorption of PCB to clay particulates & effects
of
desorption
on phytoplankton. Water Research, 17, 383-387.
Wurster, C. F. (1983) Effects of chlorinated hydrocarbon pollutants
on phytoplankton.
Estuaries, (6)
Wurster, C. F. (1983). Review of Aquatic Pollution: Environmental
Science & Technology. A
Wiley-Interscience
Publication. Quarterly Review of Biology, 58, 108-109.
Cosper, E. M., Wurster, C. F., Rowland, R. George. (1984). PCB resistance
within
photoplankton
populations in polluted & unpolluted marine environments. Marine
Environmental
Research, 12, 209-223.
Lundy, P., Wurster, C. F., Rowland, R.G. (1984). A two-species algal
bioassay for
detecting
aquatic toxicity of chemical pollutants. Water Research, 2, 187-194.
Valente, R. M., Cosper, E.M., Wurster, C.F. (1987). Interactive effects
of copper & silicic
acid on resting spore formation & viability in a marine diatom.
Journal
of Phycology, 23, 156-163.
Cosper, E.M. et al. (1988). Induced resistance to PCBs confers cross-resistance & altered
environmental
fitness in a marine diatom. Marine Environmental Research, 23.
Whyte, R.J., Wurster, C. F. (1989). Impact of endosulfan on waterbirds
in cotton
growing
areas: A report to the State Pollution Control Commission [NSW,
AUS], Manuscript.
Cohen, M.K. et al. (1991). Mechanisms of resistance to polychlorinated
biphenyls in two
species
of marine diatoms. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the
U.K., 71.
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Wurster, C. F. (1995). Review of The Birds of South America, Vol.
II. Quarterly Review
of Biology,
70 (2). Manuscript.
Wurster, C.F. (1996 12 August). An S.O.S. for man’s best friend
at sea. The Los Angeles
Times,
B5.
Kalmer, A.K., Fujita, R., Wurster, C. F. (1996). Seabird bycatch in
longline fisheries.
Pacific
Seabirds, 23 (2), 3.
Wurster, C. F. (2000). Review of Eco-Pioneers: Practical Visionaries
Solving Today’s
Environmental
Problems. Quarterly Review of Biology, 75, 203-204.
Letters to the Editor & Editorials:
Wurster, C.F. (1969). Beetles and Dieldrin: by what right? Science,
163 (22).
Wurster, C. F. (1970). DDT in human milk. Manuscript.
Wurster, C. F. (ca. 1971). President Nixon, cancer and the environment.
Manuscript.
Wurster, C. F. (1973). DES ban commended. Manuscript submitted to The
New
York Times.
Wurster, C. F. (1973, 8 May). Fat cattle & cancer. Letter to the
editor.
The
New York Times, 42.
Wurster, C.F. (1975). Letter to the editor: Response to Thomas Jukes
on DDT.
JAMA, 231
(5), 463.
Wurster, C.F. (1977). FDA correct to ban saccharin. Manuscript.
Wurster, C.F. (1977). Saccharin controversy threatens national cancer
policy. Manuscript.
Wurster, C.F. (1977) Letter to the editor: re: saccharin ban. Manuscript.
Wurster, C. F. (1980 17 January). Artificial sweetners: A lesson re-learned.
The
Washington Post, op-ed page.
Wurster, C.F. (1982). DDT comes full circle. Manuscript.
Wurster, C.F. (1985, 17 June). Songbirds at the end of the ecological
chain. Letter to the
editor. The
New York Times.
Wurster, C.F. (1989 19 April). Energy: Key to environmental protection.
Manuscript
submitted
to the New York Times.
Wurster, C.F. (1989). Like creation, abortion is a religious issue.
Manuscript.
Wurster, C.F. (1989). Selling Clean Air. Manuscript.
Wurster, C.F. (1989). Birds often warn of environmental degradation.
Manuscript.
Wurster, C.F. (ca. 1989). Dear Mr. Bush: Your environmental agenda.
Manuscript.
Wurster, C.F. (ca. 1989). Where is George Bush’s environmental
program?
Manuscript.
Wurster, C.F. (1990). Energy policy: Key to economic and environmental
dividends.
Manuscript.
Wurster, C.F. (1990). Solve deficit, energy, environmental problems
with fossil carbon tax.
Manuscript.
Wurster, C.F. (1990). Apply “Rigid” law to red dye no.
3. Letter to the editor.
Manuscript.
Wurster, C. F. (1990). Re: The real cost of mid-east oil. Letter
to the editor.
Manuscript
submitted to The New York Times.
Wurster, C. F. (1991). Bush’s energy plan mainly boosts oil
profits. Manuscript.
Wurster, C.F. (1991). Saving the Alaska Wildlife Refuge. Memoranda.
Wurster, C.F. (ca. 1991). Consuming tree trunks ruins forests.
Manuscript.
Wurster, C. F. (ca. 1991). Selling forests for their lowest value. Manuscript.
Wurster, C. F. (ca. 1991). Greater energy efficiency would help
our economy.
Manuscript.
Wurster, C.F. (1992, 13 August). More on environmental conference in
Rio.
The
Village Times, 54.
Wurster, C.F. (ca. 1992). Clinton’s energy tax is
a good first step. Manuscript.
Wurster, C. F. (ca. 1992). Clinton’s energy tax is
too small. Manuscript.
Wurster, Charles F. (1993, 3 April). We can’t replace lab animals
with people.
Letter to
the editor. The New York Times, 22.
Wurster, C.F. (1993 14 October). The guts of the plastic law is in the
(paper) bag.
The
Village Times, 47.
Wurster, C.F., Emerson, Peter M. (1993 November) NAFTA protects
the environment. Manuscript submitted to The New York Times.
Wurster, C.F. (1994). Subsidizing environmental degradation.
Manuscript.
Wurster, C.F. (1995). Life on earth, no space, is the final frontier.
Letter to
the editor. Manuscript submitted to Newsday.
Wurster, C.F. (1995 10 April). Preservation of Village vegetation and
wildlife.
Memoranda
submitted to the Old Field Environmental Council.
Wurster, C.F. (ca. 1996). Mortality of albatrosses & petrels
hooked on tuna
longlines
in southern hemisphere oceans. Manuscript.
Wurster, C.F. (1997). Reducing greenhouse gases will be cheap.
Manuscript.
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Wurster, C.F. (2000, 17 August). No church-state separation in republican
platform.
Letter to
the editor. The Village Times, XXV (22).
Wurster, C.F. (2000, 20 October). A vote for Bush will reduce women’s
rights.
Letter to
the editor. The Village Times, XXV (32).
Wurster, C. F. (ca. 2000). EDF, not Silent Spring, forced the banning
of DDT .
Wurster, C. F. (2000). Anti-Abortionists would destroy our basic
freedoms. Manuscript.
Wurster, C. F. (2001, 17 April). Bush cuts make no sense. Newsday,
A36.
Manuscript.
Wurster, C. F. (2001, 11 July). Bush is going in the wrong direction
on emissions.
Newsday,
p. A31.
Wurster, C. F. (ca. 2001). Putting a price on clean air. Manuscript.
Wurster, C. F. (ca. 2001). Energy policy: Right problem, wrong
solution. Manuscript.
Wurster, C. F. (2002, 4 October). Setting Iraq policy. Letter to the
editor.
Newsday,
A43.
Wurster, C. F. (2004 17 November). Kyoto Protocol doesn’t have
to be out of reach.
Newsday,
A39.
Wurster, C. F. (no date). Cancer prevention is not hopeless.
Manuscript.
Wurster, C. F. (no date). Birds, bugs, or people? Manuscript.
Statements & Testimony:
Wurster, C. F. (1969). Affidavits in support of DDT regulation
Wurster, C. F. (1970, May). Federal regulation of economic poisons.
Testimony before the
Senate Sub-committee
on Energy, Natural Resources and the Environment.
Wurster, C. F. (1971, March). Persistent insecticides and their
regulation by the federal
government.
Testimony before the Senate Committee on Agriculture & Forestry.
Sub-committee
on Agricultural Research and Legislation.
Wurster, C. F. (1974, April). Statement in favor of the Suffolk
County Beverage Container Act.
Wurster, C. F. (1975). The decision to ban DDT. Prepared
for the Environmental Studies
Board, Commission
on Natural Resources, National Research Council, National Academy of
Sciences.
Wurster, C. F. (1990). Brookhaven needs recycling with no incineration.
Statement to the
Brookhaven
Town Board.
Wurster, C. F. (1991). Incinerator ash is dangerous. Statement
to the Brookhaven Town
Board.
Wurster, C. F. (1995). Incinerator ash is dangerous. Statement
to Kevin J. Casutto,
Administrative
Law Judge, New York Dept of Conservation.
Wurster, C. F. (2002, April). Save our wildlife: save those thickets.
Statement to the
Board of
Trustees, Village of Old Field.
Wurster, C. F. (2004, June). Biodiversity is lost in forest fragmentation.
Statement for the
public hearing on property acquisition & environmental impact for
proposed research &
development
campus.
Book chapters:
Wurster, C. F. (1977). Carcinogenicity & mutagenicity of chlorinated
hydrocarbon
pesticides
and PCBs. Draft chapter.
Wurster, C. F. (ca. 1988). The Beginning of the Environmental Defense
Fund.
Draft chapter.
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Press clippings, 1962-1975, 1979 - 2000.
SERIES 3: Environmental Defense Fund Board of Trustees
ss1: Correspondence and Memoranda
Box 1
Correspondence:
1969
1970-71
1973, 1979-80
General Memoranda:
EDF bylaws, 1969, 1986-87
June-August, 1969
October-December, 1969
1970
1971
1973
1977
1978
1983
1984
1987-89
1991-92
1993-98
2000
Memoranda--Nominating Committee [closed]:
1971-73, 1978
1983, 1987, 1997
Box 2
Memoranda--Litigation Review Committee:
1970-71
1973-74
1978-79
1980
1987
1989
1992
1994
Memoranda--Scientists Advisory Committee:
1968-73
Committee roster, 1973
SS2: Meeting Minutes and Agendas
Box 3
Organization meeting, 1967
Bylaws, 1967-69, 1986
1967-69
Meeting agendas, 1970-71
November 1973
October 1975
November 1980
February 1982
February 1983
September 1983
April 1984
April 1986
April 1987
September 1987
September 1988
Box 4
February 1989
May 1989
September 1989
February 1990
May 1990
September 1990
Box 5
February 1991
September 1991
February 1992
May 1992
September 1992
Box 6
February 1993
May 1993
September 1993
January 1994
September 1994
January 1995
Box 7
May 1995
September 1995
May 1996
September 1996
January 1997
May 1997
Box 8
September 1997
January 1998
May 1998
September 1998
January 1999
Box 9
January 1999
May 1999
September 1999
January 2000
May 2000
September 2000
January 2001
Box 10
May 2001
September 2001
January 2002
May 2002
September 2002
January 2003
Box 11
January 2003
April 2003
September 2003
September 2003
February 2004
May 2004
September 2004
Box 12
September 2004
February 2005
Box 13
May 2005
September 2005
Box 14
February 2006
SERIES 4: Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees
SS1: Correspondence and Memoranda
Box 1
Memoranda:
1969-71
August-November 1972
December 1972
January 1973
February-March 1973
May 1973
July 1973
August 1973
October 1973
January 1974
February 1974
1975-78
1979-80. 1985
SS2: Meeting Agendas and Minutes
Box 2
January-June 1970
July-December 1970
January-June 1971
July-December 1971
1972
1973
January 1974
June 1974
August 1974
September 1974
October 1974
December 1974
January 1975
February 1975
March 1975
April 1975
Box 3
May 1975
June 1975
July 1975
September 1975
October 1975
December 1975
January 1976
February 1976
March 1976
May 1976
April 1976
June 1976
July 1976
September 1976
Box 4
October 1976
November 1976
December 1976
January 1977
February 1977
March 1977
April 1977
May 1977
June 1977
July 1977
September 1977
October 1977
November 1977
December 1977
Box 5
January 1978
February 1978
March 1978
April 1978
May 1978
June 1978
July 1978
October 1978
September 1979
January 1980
Box 6
February 1980
May 1980
September 1980
November 1980
September 1981
December 1981
February 1982
June 1982
September 1982
January 1983
June 1986
January 1987
SERIES 5: Environmental Defense - Board of Trustees
SS1: Public Information & Communications
Box 1
Print Advertisements:
Monsanto/EDF Joint Advertisement & EDF member reactions, 1978
Newsletters:
EDF Letter—Memoranda on production, 1972-73
EDF Letter—Memoranda on production, 1976-79
Osprey Watch, 1998-99 (3 issues)
Publications:
Environmental Defense Fund. Radon: The Citizen’s Guide.
[brochure], 1987
Denison, Richard A., Ruston, John. A Citizen’s Guide to Municipal
Solid Waste Incineration &
Recycling.
Manuscript; Published as Recycling & Incineration: Evaluating
the Choice.
Haimson, Leonie, Ed. (1995). A Moment of Truth: Correcting
More Errors in Gregg Easterbrook’s
A Moment on the Earth. New York : Environmental Defense
Fund.
Environmental Defense Fund & National Wildlife Federation. (1998). From
the Ashes: Reflections on
Chico
Mendes & the Future of the Rainforests.
The John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment.
(2000). The Hidden Costs of
Coastal
Hazards: Implications for Risk Assessment and Mitigation, Washington
D.C.: Island
Press.
SS2: Fundraising
Program support office reports, 1971-72
Large Gift Fundraising:
Memoranda, 1972-73
Grant proposal, 1974
“Energy Consumption & Environmental Protection”; EDF luncheon
program, 1974
Fund raising campaign brochures, 1996-97
Program for the Future—campaign newsletter, 1991
Box 2
Membership:
Member solicitation mailings, 1972-1984
SS3: Inter-Office Bulletins
Denver Office:
1974
1975
1976
New York Office:
1968, 1970, 1976
Washington Office:
1973-76
SS4: Videos
Box 3
VHS Tape:
“Environmental Vision: The Power of Positive Solutions” A
Video Newsletter hosted by John Chancellor, narrated by Susan Sarandon. 20:00,
1990.
Environmental Defense Fund 1991 Symposium in Washington D.C.
“Complete the Circle: How to Buy Recycled.” With Joanne
Woodward. Environmental Defense Fund,
26: 20, 1995.
Launch of Environmental Defense Climate Campaign. McCain--Lieberman.
U.S. Senate. January 8, 2003.
SERIES 6: Environmental Defense - Programs
Box 1
Program proposals:
Environmental Health Program, 1972
Water Quality Program, 1973
Pest Control, 1972
Comments:
Adamson, Lucile. “Proposed tolerances for triphenyltin in carrots
and sugar beets” (38 Fed. Reg. 1258, February 1, 1973), March 1973
Adamson, Lucile, Lang, Scott. “Comments on the FDA’s proposed
rules for regulation of fuels and fuel additives” (38 Fed. Reg.
1258, January 10, 1973), March 1973
Adamson, Lucile, Hellegers, John. “Comments on the FDA’s
proposed regulation entitled: ‘Compounds used in food producing
animals; Proposed procedures the acceptability of assay methods’,
(38 Fed. Reg. 19226, July 19, 1973), September 14, 1973
Comments
Project Reports:
Environmental Health / Toxics:
Birthright Denied: The Risks & Benefits of Breastfeeding, 1978
Legacy of Lead: America’s Continuing Epidemic of Childhood
Lead Poisoning, 1990
Putting the Lid on Dioxins: Protecting Human Health & the Environment,
1994
Solid Waste Management:
To Burn or Not to Burn: The Economic Advantages of Recycling Over
Incineration in NYC, 1985
Coming Full Circle: Successful Recycling Today, 1988
EDF / McDonald’s Waste Reduction Task Force, 1991
Wildlife / Ecosystems:
Paradise Lost: The Need for Environmental Regulation of Tourism
in Antarctica, 1990
The Big Kill: Declining Biodiversity in America’s Lakes and
Rivers, 1994
Horizon 2100: Aggressive Conservation for North Carolina’s
Future, 2003
Box 2
Water Program:
Trading Conservation Investments for Water, 1983
How Wet is a Wetland: Impacts of Proposed Revisions to the Federal
Wetlands Delineation Manual, 1992
The Passage of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act-the EDF
Perspective, 1994
Hidrovia Paraguay-Parana Navigation Project: Independent Review,
1997
Energy / Climate:
Alternative Energy Systems for Pacific Gas & Electric: An Economic
Analysis, 1978
Stratospheric Ozone Depletion: The Case for Policy Action,
1986
Chlorofluorocarbon Policy: Choices & Consequences, 1987
Carbon Dioxide & Sulfur Dioxide: Consistent Policy Making in
a Greenhouse, 1990
Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions with Alternative Transportation
Fuels, ca, 1991
Transportation Efficiency: Tackling Southern California’s
Air Pollution & Congestion, 1991
Preserving Tropical Rainforests & Climate: The Role of Trees
in Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading, 1992
Flexibility for Responsibility: Focusing on Reductions Rather Than
Technology in Vehicle Emissions
Control, 1994
Aircraft Emissions in the Global Atmosphere, 1994
From Obstacle to Opportunity: How Acid Rain Emissions Trading is
Delivering Cleaner Air, 2000
The Latest Myths and Facts on Global Warming, 2005
SERIES 7: DDT
Sub-series 1: Litigation & Administrative Hearings
Box 1
Yannacone et al. v. Dennison et al (Supreme Ct. of New York, County
of Suffolk)
Complaint, April 1966
Transcript of proceedings, 1966
Technical appendix, 1966
Memoranda in support of defendants, 1966
EDF v. Michigan Dept of Agriculture (U.S.D.C., West Dist. of MI)
Correspondence, 1967-70
Affidavit of Charles F. Wurster, October 1967
EDF v. Michigan Dept of Agriculture No. 4594 (U.S. Ct of Appeals)
Affidavits in support of plaintiffs, November 1967
EDF v. B. Dale Ball (Michigan Supreme Ct)
Brief in support of appeal and restraining order, November 1967
Petition for declaratory ruling on DDT before the Wisconsin Dept
of Natural Resources
Correspondence, March-August, 1968
Box 2
Petition for declaratory ruling on DDT before the Wisconsin Dept
of Natural Resources
October-December 1968
January-June 1969
July-December 1969
1970
Correspondence of Lorrie Otto, 1967-1970
Affidavit of Norman C. Leeling, 1968
Transcript of testimony:
Testimony of Dr. Van den Bosch, December 6, 1968
Testimony of Dr. Risebrough, December 12, 1968
Testimony of Dr. Lafroth, May 6, 1969
Draft briefs of petitioners, n.d.
Examiner’s summary of evidence & proposed ruling, May 21, 1970
Petition for the issuance of a regulation repealing the tolerance
for DDT on raw
agricultural commodities before the FDA
Memoranda in support of petition of the Environmental Defense Fund et
al., October 3, 1969
Petition for the cancellation of registrations of poisons containing
DDT
before the USDA
Petition of the Environmental Defense Fund, Sierra Club, et al., October
31, 1969
Petitioners’ draft answer brief to USDA response on DDT, 1970
EDF v. U.S. Dept of Health, Education & Welfare No. 23,812
(U.S. Ct of Appeals)
Petition for review of 1969 order
Box 3
EDF v. U.S. Dept of Health, Education & Welfare No. 23,812
(U.S. Ct of Appeals)
Appendix, 1969
EDF v. Hardin No. 23,813 (U.S. Ct of Appeals)
Correspondence:
1969
January-June 1970
July-December 1970
1971
Correspondence of Thomas H. Jukes, 1969-73
Pleadings, January-March 1970
Reply brief for petitioners, March 1970
Pleadings, June 1970
Pleadings, July 1970
Pleadings, August 1970
Brief for respondent, August 1970
Supplemental brief for petitioners, August 1970
Reply brief for petitioners, September 1970
Pleadings, December 1970
DDT cancellation hearings for the cancellation of DDT before
the EPA hearing examiner
Correspondence, January-July 1971
Correspondence, 1972-74
Box 4
DDT cancellation hearings for the cancellation of DDT before
the EPA hearing examiner
Correspondence of Thomas H. Jukes, 1969-73
Affidavits—effects of DDT on birds, 1971
Affidavits—effects of DDT on ecosystems, 1971
Affidavits—effects of DDT on fish, 1971
Affidavits—effects of DDT on health, 1971
Affidavits—insect resistance to DDT, 1971
Affidavits—effects of DDT on marine algae & photoplankton,
1971
Pre-hearing conference reports, April-May 1971
Pre-hearing briefs of the USDA, May 1971
Pre-hearing briefs of the chemical companies, May 1971
Witnesses lists & exhibits (EPA), June 1971
Witness list (EDF), August 1971
Witness lists & exhibits (USDA), August 1971
Charles Wurster’s notes on testimony, August 1971
Testimony of Jesse L. Steinfeld, September 1971
Testimony of Norman E. Borlaug, September 1971
Box 5
DDT cancellation hearings for the cancellation of DDT before
the EPA hearing examiner
Final brief (EDF), April 1972
Opinion & order, April 1972
Opinion of the Administrator, June 1972
DDT cancellation hearings before the EPA Administrative Law Judge
Pleadings, October 1972
Witnesses & exhibits (EPA), October 1972
EDF v. Montrose (U.S.D.C., District of California)
Correspondence, 1970-71
Complaint, 1971
EDF et al. v. EPA docket no. 72-1545 (U.S. Ct of Appeals)
Opinion on petition for injunction, 1973
SS 2: DDT in the Media
Box 6
Rachel Carson’s response to Presidential committee pesticide report,
1963
Advocates for DDT ban-clippings, 1969
Advocates for DDT ban-clippings, 1970
Advocates for DDT ban-clippings, 1971
Advocates for DDT ban -Charles F. Wurster clippings, 1968-72
Opposition to DDT ban-clippings, 1969
Opposition to DDT ban-clippings, 1970-71
Opposition to DDT ban-clippings, 1972-74
Opposition to DDT ban-Thomas Jukes clippings, 1963-69
Opposition to DDT ban-Thomas Jukes clippings, 1970-74
Opposition to DDT ban-Norman E. Bourlag clippings, 1970-72
DDT Regulation in New York State, 1967-68, 1969-70
DDT Regulation in Michigan:
1967
1968
February-July 1969
August-December 1969
March-May 1970
June-September 1970
Box 7
DDT Regulation in Wisconsin:
1968
January 1969
February 1969
March 1969
June 1969
July 1969
August 1969
September-November 1969
September 1969
1970
1971
DDT Regulation in Wisconsin:
Dunlap, Thomas R. “DDT on Trial: The Wisconsin Hearings”.
Wisconsin Magazine of History
Vol. 62, No. 1, Autumn 1978
Loucks, Orie L. (no date). Trial of DDT in Wisconsin. Patient Earth (John
Harte & Robert A. Socolow,
Editors). New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston.
DDT Regulation in California, 1969-71
Federal Regulation of DDT, 1969-71
“The Rise and Fall of DDT” (BBC/WGBH television program):
Correspondence, 1973-February 1974
Correspondence, March-September 1974
Transcript, January 1974
SS 3: Research Documents
Box 8
Bibliographies:
DDT& Aquatic life, 1945-70
DDT & mammalian toxicity, 1947-70
Mammalian & avian effects, 1945-70
Reports/reprints by subject:
Chlorinated hydrocarbons—effects on gull eggshells, 1970
DDT—Effects on air & water quality, 1971
DDT—Effects on aquatic ecosystems, 1961-67, with gaps
DDT—Effects on aquatic ecosystems, 1968-70
DDT—Effects on biology, 1966-67, 1968-69, 1971
DDT—Effects on birds, 1963
DDT—Effects on birds, 1967-68
DDT—Effects on birds of prey, 1966-70
DDT—Effects on ecology, 1968-71
DDT—Effects on eggshells, 1969
DDT—Effects on fish, 1967-68, 1970
Box 9
DDT—Effects on human health, 1942, 1949
DDT—Effects on human health, 1950-57
DDT—Effects on human health, 1965-69
DDT—Effects on human health, 1970-73
DDT—Effects on metabolism, 1968
DDT—Effects on robins, 1960-65
DDT—Effects on sea birds, 1967-68
DDT—Effects on trout, 1967
DDT—Effects on wildlife, 1961-63
DDT—Effects on wildlife, 1965-69
DDT—Effects on wildlife, 1977
DDT—Environmental policy
Randers, Jorgen, Meadows, Dennis L. (1971). System simulation to test
environmental policy:
DDT: A basis for rational decisions can be obtained even when complete
data is lacking.
Manuscript submitted to Science.
Reports—Pesticides (General):
USDA Committee on persistent pesticides, 1969
Pesticide residues in food & milk, 1968, 1976
Box 10
Report of the Lake Michigan pesticide investigations (WI Alumni Research
Foundation), 1970
“Western Progress: Adequate for the ‘70s?” (Sachs & Rubin,
editors), draft
Legislation of DDT:
Michigan, 1966-68, 1970
New York, 1969-70
Wisconsin, 1969
Federal legislation, 1969-71
Comments:
Comments on Spruce Budworm Suppression Project, Maine, 1978
Statements by subject:
DDT use & effects, 1969-70, 1975
Opposition to DDT ban (J. Gordon Edwards), 1971
DDT & pollution, 1971
DDT & environmental policy, 1971
Testimony before Senate Subcommittee on Air & Water Pollution in
support of Senate bill 1113
The National Laboratory Act of 1971 (Dennis L. Meadows)
Statements on DDT (Robert van den Bosch), ca. 1972
The effect of pesticides on bird life, Dartmouth College research project:
Correspondence on a study of the effects of DDT on bird life in Hanover,
New Hampshire
Residues of pesticides in birds [raw data], 1964-1965
Bird study: the effects of pesticides on bird life, Dartmouth:
Map:
Title: Map of Village Precinct of Hanover, N.H.
Author: unknown
Date: 1957
Note: map of Hanover study areas—DDT sprayed, 1963-4
Raw data, 1964-1965
EPA DDT Advisory Committee minutes, 1970-71
DDT Specimen labels, 1968
SERIES 8: Aldrin/Dieldrin
SS 1: Aldrin / Dieldrin Cancellation Hearings
Box 1
Petition for issuance of regulations repealing tolerances for Aldrin
Dieldrin
before the FDA
Correspondence, 1970
Petition of the Environmental Defense Fund, 1970
EDF v. EPA (U.S.C.A., D.C.) [Petition for Review]
Correspondence, 1971
Petitioner’s briefs, 1971
Administrative hearings before the EPA; I.F.R. Docket no. 145 et
al.
Correspondence, 1971-74
Memoranda, 1972-74
Pre-hearing conference, 1972
Pre-hearing discovery: carcinogenicity studies, 1972
Witness lists (EPA, Shell Chemical Company, USDA), 1972
Box 2
Pre-hearing briefs, 1973
Statements of Testimony (EPA, 1973):
Aldrin / Dieldrin residues in soil
Aldrin Dieldrin—Effects on wildlife
Aldrin Dieldrin—Effects on the aquatic environment
Fish
Livestock feed
Ecosystems
Biological effects of insecticides
Behavioral effects of insecticides
Pesticides in water
Teratogenicity
Box 3
Briefs (EDF), August 1974
Preliminary statement of the Administrative Law Judge, September 1974
Brief on the human health evidence presented by EDF / EPA (EDF), August
1974
Opinion of the EPA Administrator, October 1974
Sub-series 2: Research Documents
Media:
Press releases, 1970-74
Clippings, 1970-74
Statement on pesticides (EPA Admin Ruckelshaus, 1971)
Reports/reprints:
Aldrin Dieldrin—effects on behavior, 1969-72
Aldrin Dieldrin—Effects on California Condor eggshells, n.d.
Aldrin Dieldrin—economic effects of cancellation, 1972
Aldrin Dieldrin—expoxidation, 1970
Aldrin Dieldrin—effects on fish, 1966-67
Aldrin Dieldrin—residues in food, 1973
Box 4
Aldrin Dieldrin--human health effects
Aldrin Dieldrin--effects on reproduction
Aldrin Dieldrin—effects on behavior
Aldrin Dieldrin--induction of enzymes
Aldrin Dieldrin—Lindane
Aldrin Dieldrin--Teratogenicity
Pesticides--Insecticide persistence in soil
Shell Chemical Company, ca. 1968:
Insecticide brochures
Safety guides
Lawn care manuals
Aldrin/Dieldrin & endrin status reports
Information & technical bulletins
SERIES 9: Mirex
Box 1
EDF et al. v. Hardin Civil no. 2310-70 (U.S. Dist. Ct, D.C.)
Correspondence, 1970
Pleadings, 1970-71
Affidavits, 1970-71
Public hearing on mirex cancellation before the EPA
Correspondence, 1971-72
Correspondence, 1973-75
F.I.F.R.A. Docket no. 293 – pleadings, 1975-76
Mirex hearings settlement negotiations, ca. 1976
Media:
Clippings on federal fire ant eradication program, 1970-76
Press releases
Environmental Impact Statements:
Comments on the DES for the fire ant control program, 1971
Comments on proposed mirex labeling changes, 1973
Final environmental statement for the Imported Fire Ant Cooperative Federal-State
Control and Regulatory Program (USDA), 1973
Reports/reprints:
Mirex—Effects on biology, 1965-75
Mirex—Effects on fish and wildlife, 1970-75
Fire Ant Control Program evaluation (USDA), 1970
Fire Ant Control Program—State and local committee reports, 1971
Pesticide regulation, 1965, 1970
Mirex—Toxicity, 1973
USDA Committee on the Imported Fire Ant, 1967
SERIES 10: Pesticides
Box 1
2,4,5-T:
Correspondence, 1972-77
Ruckelshaus v. Dow Chemical-brief for amicus curiae EDF, 1972
Clippings, 1970-74
Report of the 2,4,5-T Advisory Committee of the EPA, 1971
Teratogenicity, 1979
Toxicity, 1971
2,4,5-T cancellation petition in New Zealand, 1973
Aldicarb, 1982-83
Captan (fungicide) reports, 1956
Dutch elm disease control, 1961-64
Dutch elm disease control, 1967
Dutch elm disease control, 1968-69
Dutch elm disease control, 1972
Box 2
EPA Advisory Committees:
Technical Advisory Committee on Pesticides-memoranda & meeting notes,
1971
Pesticide Policy Advisory Committee-memoranda & roster, 1975-76
Federal Environmental Pesticide Control Act of 1971 (FEPCA):
Senate bills S.745, S.660, January 1971
Section by section analysis of the Act (EPA), ca. 1971
Hearings on the Federal Environmental Pesticide Control Act, March 1971
Comments on the FEPCA, March 1971
Senate and House committee reports, 1972
Gypsy moth control, 1972
Heptachlor/Chlordane:
Petition for suspension, 1974
Decision on suspension of the EPA Administrator, 1975
Comments on the use of heptachlor / chlordane, 1971
Reports-Chlordane in milk, 1968
Reports-Heptachlor in soil, 1970
Reports-effects on wildlife, 1965, 1968
Box 3
Integrated Pest Management:
Pest management programs, 1966-71
Pest management programs—California, 1966-71
Integrated pest management, 1967-69, 1975
Parathion, 1972
Pesticides—Benefits of use
Pesticides—effects on bird life, 1962-65
Pesticides—effects on bird life, 1967-69
Pesticides—Carcinogenicity [literature review], 1969
Pesticides in the environment, 1966-71
Pesticides—effects on fish, 1964-66
Pesticides—insect resistance, 1961-64
Box 4
Pesticides—effects on wildlife, 1964-68
Pesticide regulation:
Report on pesticides & public policy, 1966
Statement on proposed classification of certain substances as restricted
(Rockefeller University), 1970
Comments on FIFRA regulations implementations (EPA), 1972, 1974
Comments on guidelines for pesticide registration & classification,
1974
Seminar on registration & regulation of pesticides, 1976
Pesticide Use:
President’s Advisory Committee on Pesticides-report, 1963
Conference reports, 1970-71
A Guide to Pest Control (Dennis Puleston), 1974
Guides to pesticide use, n.d.
SERIES 11: Subject Files
Box 1
Acid Rain (Brookhaven National Lab), 1977-78
Acid Rain (Brookhaven National Lab), 1980
Acorn Days manuscript (book by Marion Lane Rogers)
Audubon Leader (newsletter), Vols. 11 & 12, nos. 1-22, 1970-1971
Cancer—“Women’s Health: A Question of Survival” (ABC
News transcript), 1976
Cancer—“The American Way of Cancer” (CBS News transcript),
1975
Carcinogens, 1974-1975
Carcinogens, 1990-93
Climate change
Conservation, 1965-67
Box 2
Colorado College symposium: “Can Man Survive?” 1970
Cross Florida Barge Canal, 1969
Cross Florida Barge Canal, 1970
Deforestation in the Northwest, 1991
Deicing—effects on water quality, 1971-72, 1976
Dioxin, 1990, 1994
Paul Ehlrich—articles, 1971
Emissions trading, 2003
Endangered species, 1996-97, 1999
Endangered Species Act, 1984, 1992
Box 3
Energy policy, 1972
Energy policy, 1989-92
Environmental Defence Society (N.Z.), 1972-77
Environmental Defense [Fund], 1968-70
Environmental Defense [Fund], 1971-86
Environmental Defense [Fund], 1990-2004
Environmental policy—Carter campaign’s Environmental Task
Force, 1976
Environmentalism, 1969-70
Environmentalism, 1990-93
Global warming, 1989
Global warming, 1992
Global warming, 1997
Hetch Hetchy Valley (Yosemite Park), 2005
Box 4
Lead, 1970
Lead, 1979, 1982-84
Mercury, 1970
Mercury—effects on human health from consuming fish, 1970-72
Mercury—effects on human health, 1972
Mercury—effects on fish, 1978-80
National Parks—Redwood Creek, California, 1967
National Parks—Big Thicket, TX, 1971
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), 1993
Otto, Lorrie, 1972
PCBs, ca. 1977
PCBs, 1978-84
Peregrine population surveys in Great Britain, 1963-65
Box 5
Population & Family planning, 1963-67
Population & Family planning, 1968-70
Population Reference Bureau—bulletins, 1962-67
Population Reference Bureau—bulletins, 1968
Public land planning, 1972-73, 1975
Rainforests, 1982, 1991
Saccharin, 1969-72
Saccharin, 1977
Saccharin, 1978
Saccharin, 1979
Box 6
Scientists in the Public Interest: The Role of Professional Societies
(conference), 1973
Seabird mortality and fisheries, 1996
Robert E. Smolker, 1985
Supersonic Transport—handbook, 1969
Supersonic Transport—Correspondence, 1970
Supersonic Transport—Media, 1970
Supersonic Transport—Reports, 1970, 1975
Tocks Island Dam, 1972
Toxic chemicals, 1974
Toxic chemicals—Study on Decision Making for Regulating Chemicals
in the Environment (for the EPA), 1974
TRIS, 1977
Water Quality; Proceedings of the International Water Quality Symposium,
Washington D.C., 1972
Box 7
Yannacone, Victor J., 1967-79 (4 files) [closed]
SERIES 12: Stony Brook University Files
Box 1
Grant Files:
Enzyme induction by chlorinated hydrocarbons in birds: its ecological
significance. Final report on NSF Grant, 1973
Effects of persistent pollutants on plankton communities. A proposal
to the Sea Grant Institute, submitted 1975
Effects of nutrient enrichment of phytoplankton composition, abundance
consumption by zooplankton in urbanized coastal waters, a pre proposal,
ca. 1976
The behavior and biological affects of PCB in Aquatic and estuarine
environments. A proposal to the New York State Dept. of environmental
conservation, submitted 1978
Techniques for the evaluation of the effects of PCBs on plank tonic
herbivores in coastal waters, proposal of the US dept. of Commerce, National
oceanic and atmospheric administration, submitted 1978
The behavior and biological effects of PCB in aquatic, estuarine environments,
proposal to the New York State Dept of Environmental conservation, submitted
1979
Bioassays for evaluating chemicals toxicity to marine and estuarine
plankton, proposal to the US dept. of commerce and MESA NY bight project
office, submitted 1980
Phytoplankton assays for evaluating chemical toxicity to marine and
estuarine plankton, proposals to the Sea Grant Institute and the EPA
submitted 1981
Bioassays for evaluating chemical toxicity to marine and estuarine plankton,
final report to the NOAA, January 1982
Resistance to toxic chemical pollutants by marine phytoplankton, proposal
to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, submitted 1982
Resistance to toxic chemical pollutants by marine phytoplankton, proposal
to the National Science Foundation, submitted 1982
Resistance to toxic chemical pollutants by estuarine phytoplankton,
pre-proposal to the EPA, submitted 1983
The Interaction of Cadmium with aromatic hydrocarbon metabolism in the
blue crab callinectes sapidus. A proposal to the National Science Foundation,
submitted 1983
Resistance to toxic chemical pollutants by marine phytoplankton. A proposal
to the New York Sea Grant Institute, submitted 1983
Box 2
Interaction of the cadmium w/ aromatic hydrocarbon in the blue crab, callinectes
sapidus. A proposal to the dept. of Energy, submitted 1983
Resistance to toxic chemical pollutants by marine phytoplankton, proposal
to the Sea Grant Institute, submitted 1983
Resistance to toxic chemical pollutants by Hudson Estuary phytoplankton.
A proposal to the EPA, submitted 1983
Resistance to toxic chemical pollutants by marine phytoplankton. A proposal
to the National Science Foundation, submitted 1984
Resistance to toxic chemical pollutants by Hudson Estuary phytoplankton,
proposal to the Hudson River Foundation, submitted 1984
Resistance to toxic chemical pollutants by Hudson Estuary phytoplankton.
A proposal to the Hudson River Foundation, submitted 1984
Resistance to toxic chemicals by Hudson Estuary phytoplankton, a progress
report to the EPA, 1985
Mechanisms of resistance to organic chemical pollutants by marine phytoplankton.
A proposal to the EPA, submitted 1987
Mechanisms of resistance to organic chemical pollutants by marine
phytoplankton. A
proposal to the Hudson River Foundation, submitted 1987
Mechanisms of resistance to organic chemical pollutants by marine phytoplankton.
A
Proposal to US Geological Survey, grant #140800019, 1988-90
Mechanisms of resistance to organic chemical pollutants by marine phytoplankton;
Technical progress report, Sept. 1988 – Aug. 1989
The relationship between diatom lifecycles stages and the development
of resistance to organic pollutants, A proposal to the US Geological
Survey, submitted 1990
Teaching Files:
Biology 101 – Introduction to biological sciences, syllabus, ca
1966
Biology 101 – Introduction to biological sciences, quizzes, ca
1966
Biology 101 – Introduction to biological sciences, quizzes, ca
1966
Biology 102 – Introduction to biological sciences, lectures, 1966-67
Biology 102 – Introduction to biological sciences, lectures, 1966-67
Biology 102 Lectures ca. 1967
Box 3
1. Biology 102 – Introduction to Biological Sciences, Quizzes,
1966-68
2. Biology 102 – Quizzes, 1966-67
3. Biology 102 – Introduction to Biological Sciences, Bio 101/102
lab assignments, ca. 1966
4. Biology 102 – Introduction to Biological Sciences, Bio 101/102
lab assignments
5. Biology 151 – Bioenergetics, Lectures
6. Biology 151 – Bioenergetics, Lectures
7. Biology 151 – Bioenergetics, Quizzes, 1966-1970
8. Biology 333 – Control of insect populations selected readings
and final exam, 1970
Miscellaneous:
J.L.McHugh reprints (signed copies), 1970-71, 1974-76
Abstracts of papers submitted for the 42nd annual meeting of the American
Society of Limnology and Oceanography Inc. Meeting held at the Marine
Sciences Research Center, June 19-21, 1979
Hudson River Foundation. Issues related to PCB dredging in the Hudson
river: Proceedings of a workshop held in NYC, January 19, 1984
Petition for withdrawal, suspension of approval of carrageenan and as
a food additive, submitted to the FDA, June 1988.
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