THE CLASSIC THAT LAUNCHED THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT "Rachel Carson is a pivotal figure of the twentieth century...people who thought one way before her essential 1962 book Silent Spring thought another way after it."--Margaret Atwood Rarely...
Rarely does a single book alter the course of history, but Rachel Carson's Silent Spring did exactly that. The outrcry that followed its publication in 1962 forced the banning of DDT and spurred the revolutionary changes in the laws affecting our air, land, and water. Carson's...
Conservationist Rachel Carson spent over six years documenting the effects on DDT--a synthetic organic compound used as an insecticide--on numerous communities. Her analysis revealed that such powerful, persistent chemical pesticides have been used without a full understanding...