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spectacular at first hand from a blind at the booming grounds that our 
efforts have set aside, write to Mr. Joseph Ellis, Research Biologist, Bogota, 
Illinois. Reservations must be made at once for the few days that will be 
available during March and April. 
9405 S. Richfield Road, East St. Louis, Ill. 
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I.A.S. Purchases Pesticides Film 
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Since the announcement of the purchase of the film, ‘The Silent Spring of 
Rachel Carson’? went out in the mail to I.A.S. affiliates and other conserva- 
tion groups, and to a number of schools, the pesticides chairman has re- 
ceived quite a few requests for the film and is very pleased with the response. 
For those of you who did not see an announcement, this is the film 
first shown on ‘C.B.S. Reports” in 1968. It gives a very fair accounting 
of both sides of the pesticides controversy. Included in the movie are inter- 
views with many government officials; with Dr. Robert White-Stevens, 
Assistant Director of Research of American Cyanamid Company; and with 
the late Rachel Carson herself. While the movie was produced almost two 
years ago, its subject is as vital as ever. Although some changes are being 
made, vast areas of land are still being covered by persistent, highly toxic, 
non-selective pesticides. A leaflet which covers recent happenings on the 
pesticide front is sent with the film, which is 16 mm, black-and-white, and 
runs for 54 minutes. 
No rental fee is charged for a showing, but the Illinois Audubon 
Society would appreciate a small donation to help defray the high cost of 
the film and to cover mailing expenses. We strongly urge you to make use 
of this highly educational motion picture, which gives both sides of the 
pesticides picture and allows audiences to draw their own conclusions. All 
requests should be sent to: 
Mrs. Arthur M. Jens, Jr., Pesticides Chairman 
Illinois Audubon Society 
22 W. 210 Stanton Road 
Glen Ellyn, Illinois 60137 
Please specify alternate dates. Get your order in early for next year! 
Those who have worked long on the pesticides problem were cheered by a 
recent editorial in the Journal of the American Medical Association for Nov. 2, 
1964. “Safe Use of Pesticides’? discusses occupational exposures to agri- 
cultural chemicals and describes ways in which a community can reduce its 
exposure to poisonous chemicals. ‘(Generalized community spraying should 
be done only when designed to eliminate a definite health hazard,” the 
editorial states. Dutch elm spraying for trees, and treatment for such insects 
as the Japanese beetle, as carried on in Illinois, do not involve a health 
hazard and therefore should not be conducted. 
22 W. Stanton Road, Glen Ellyn, Ill. 
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