In 1983 author Carol Van Strum published her book recording her community’s fight to stop pesticide forest sprays. A Bitter Fog: Herbicides and Human Rights was originally published by the Sierra Club, who has since stopped listing and promoting it. The book recounts a group of rural Oregon residents’ efforts to stop the use of dangerous pesticides and examines the processes by which such poisons are approved for use.

Citations:
Vallianatos, Evaggelos. “The Poisoning of Melyce.” Speak Out. 5 December 2014. Web. 9 May 2015.
A Bitter Fog: Herbicides and Human Rights. Carol Van Strum. Google Books.