Many of the pesticides have no short-term effects. ... In her book, Our Stolen Future: Are We Threatening our Fertility, Intelligence, and Survival? A Scientific Detective Story, she writes about early signs that should have given us clues to the harmful effects of these pesticides. The following nine accounts each tell the story of a different species, from as early as 1952 to as late as 1992. ... Reports began coming in from all over northern Europe about dead seals washing up on the beaches. ...

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