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Rachel Carson

Silent Spring, Rachel Carson, 1962

Rachel Carson, ca. 1928

Senate Joint Resolution 168, Senator Abraham Ribicoff, 1964

Air Pollution

Minutes of the Conference on the Epidemiology of Air Pollution, PHS, 1956

Report on Environmental Health Problems: Hearings before the Subcommittee, U.S. Congress Committee on Appropriations, 1960

A Public View: Man Versus Environment, presented by Congressman John E. Fogarty for the Second National Congress on Environmental Health, 1961

New Workforce

Letter to Pope A. Lawrence, from John D. Porterfield, May 15, 1957

Drafted letter to John D. Porterfield, from Pope A. Lawrence, undated

Facing the Challenge of Environmental Health, PHS, 1964

Radiation

Uranium map of the Colorado Plateau, ca. mid 1900s

Uranium miner gets his blood drawn for a PHS study, Scope Weekly, October 16, 1957

Radon Daughter Exposure and Respiratory Cancer Quantitative and Temporal Aspects, Frank E. Ludin et al., 1971

Letter to Russell E. Train of the EPA, from Peter MacDonald, chairman of the Navajo Tribal Council, November 9, 1973

Public Access

“The Air You Breathe: Problems of Air Pollution Are Discussed in Series”, Hamilton Crawford for The Richmond Times, PHS, 1961

Free Films on Air Pollution, PHS, 1967

No Laughing Matter: The Cartoonist Focuses on Air Pollution, PHS, 1966

Mobilizing People

Clean Water is Everybody’s Business, PHS and State Water Pollution Control Agencies, 1950

Clean Air for Your Community, PHS Division of Air Pollution, 1966

What Can You Do For…Clean Water, Federal Water Pollution Control Administration, 1966

Take Three Giant Steps to Clean Air, PHS Environmental Health Service, 1967