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Today in Peace and Justice history on January 7, 1971
The U.S. District Court of Appeals ordered William Ruckelshaus, the Environmental Protection Agency's first administrator, to begin the de-registration procedure for DDT so that it could no longer be used. http://bit.ly/Wodkc4