Taking Polluters to Court.

Comments on key controversies pertaining to legislation and rulings relevant to environmental violations citing a lawsuit filed by lawyer, Victor Yannacone against the local authorities of Patchogue, Long Island in New York for using DDT. Actions of Yannacone to rid the entire country of a variety of environmental problems and violations; Establishment of the Environmental Defense Fund by Yannacone and his colleagues to give legal and scientific support to local groups struggling against pollution. Issues on the efforts of the group in influencing the Michigan Court of Appeals to secure an order restraining the state's Department of Agriculture from dumping three tons of DDT on Berrien County; Existing environmental laws and policies.