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Frank von Hippel

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Frank A. Von Hippel is an expert in ecotoxicology: the study of how pollutants impact human health and the environment at large. A professor at Northern Arizona University, Von Hippel is the author of The Chemical Age: How Chemists Fought Famine and Disease, Killed Millions, and Changed Our Relationship with the Earth, and the host of The Science History Podcast.

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10:04Arctic contamination, Indigenous health impacts, and the history of pesticide pollution

19:55Pesticides, DDT trade-offs, and risks to farm workers

29:54Animal collective behavior, navigation, and insect social intelligence

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