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Hardcover The Environment in Rachel Carson's Silent Spring Book

ISBN: 0737758155

ISBN13: 9780737758153

The Environment in Rachel Carson's Silent Spring

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A foundational text in the conservation movement, Rachel Carson's Silent Spring challenged prevailing ideas of the health of the environment by showing that pesticides affected organisms other than their targets, such as humans and birds. The book also accused chemical companies and federal officials of complacency in regulating pesticides. Despite challenges from the chemical industry, the book reversed pesticide policy, leading to a ban on DDT for...

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