Volume 19. 'Environmental Toxicology: The Legacy of Silent Spring'

Series consists of papers, correspondence, cassette tapes and digital material related to the seminar on "Environmental Toxicology: The Legacy of Silent Spring", which was held at the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL, on 12 March 2002. The seminar was part of the Wellcome Witnesses to Twentieth Century Medicine meetings also known as the Witness Seminars. The transcript of this seminar was published as Volume 19 of the Witness Seminar series, D.A. Christie and E.M. Tansey (editors), Environmental Toxicology: The Legacy of Silent Spring, (London: Wellcome Trust, 2004).

The participants for the seminar were; Professor Sir Colin Berry; Sir Christopher Booth; Professor Richard Carter; Dr Peter Corcoran; Professor Tony Dayan (Chair); Professor Peter Farmer; Dr Robert Flanagan; Dr Peter Hunter; Stanley Johnson; Professor James Lovelock; Professor Robert Maynard; Dr Ingar Palmlund; Dr Dennis Simms; Professor Robert Smith; and Professor Frank Woods.

The editors of the published transcript were D.A. Christie and E.M. Tansey with an introduction by John Clark.

The meeting organisers were Dr Robert Flanagan and Dr Daphne Christie.

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Others present at the meeting included; Professor John Caldwell; Emma Eagles; Stephen Lacey; Dr Joanna Reynolds; Helen Smethurst; Timothy Stentiford; and Dr Janice Taverne.

Apologies sent by; Sir Donald Acheson; Professor Ross Anderson; Professor Peter Blain; Professor Peter Brimblecombe; Frances Cairncross; Professor Peter Calow; Professor David Coggon; Dr Mark Crane; Professor Donald Davies; Professor Paul Elliott; Dr John Fawell; Dr Robin Fielder; Professor Stephen Holgate; Professor Tim Jackson; Professor Martin Johnson; Dr Norman King; Professor Patrick Lawther; Professor Anthony McMichael; Dr David Morgan; Dr Angus Nicoll; Sir Jonathon Porritt; Dr Iain Purchase; and Professor Lewis Smith.

Digital material includes recordings, papers and photographs relating to the seminar and can be found under Transcripts.

2001-2004

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