Six farmworkers’ lawsuit drove the national DDT ban

Evidence

In fact, a case brought by California Rural Legal Assistance on behalf of six farm-workers, later joined by the fledgling Environmental Defense Fund, succeeded in banning DDT. — Luke W. Cole and Sheila R. Foster, From the Ground Up, 1115

Categorization

• XREF: Pays off the ch3 claim that migrant farm-worker lawsuits, not mainstream environmentalism, drove the DDT ban — names the actual case. — connects to: Migrant farm-worker lawsuits, not mainstream environmentalism, drove the U.S. DDT ban — Luke W. Cole and Sheila R. Foster, From the Ground Up: Environmental…, 161
• SEED: The underrecognized legal case where six farmworkers beat the pesticide industry could anchor a juridical-angle essay on who really won environmental victories.