Ultimately, this led to a ban of DDT in the United States; many other countries followed suit. Decades later, with malaria on the rise, critics of Rachel Carson charge that she is to blame for ...

In 1962, the biologist Rachel Carson published Silent Spring ... especially one known as ‘DDT.’ Notably, Carson’s work also helped launch the modern environmental movement and highlighted ...

Like many activists of the '60s, Rachel ... the late '50s, Carson moves to Massachusetts, where she receives a letter from the custodian of a local bird sanctuary destroyed by DDT used in ...