Then in 1962, the book “Silent Spring,” by author and marine biologist Rachel Carson, used science to expose the “shadow of death” cast by DDT. More than 40 years before former vice ...

In time, the public and many policymakers listened to Carson and her fellow scientists who raised concerns about DDT. In 1972, the newly formed Environmental Protection Agency banned the general ...

Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin (D-Md.) had intended to submit a resolution celebrating Carson, author of the 1962 book "Silent Spring," for her "legacy of scientific rigor coupled with poetic sensibility." ...

Unsuccessful on these fronts, Carson's critics focused on her arguments against the pesticide DDT, claiming that removing this mosquito control made her responsible for many malaria deaths.

In 1962, Carson’s book “Silent Spring,” about the ravages of the virulent pesticide DDT, was published to an immediate furor in the federal Dept. of the Interior and the chemical industry ...

Sunday was the 100th birthday of environmental icon Rachel Carson, and lots of people are proposing all sorts of memorials to honor her legacy. Yet, Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., stands largely alone ...

DDT came into common use around 1939 (though invented in 1874), especially for insect control for the army during World War II. Two of Carson's colleagues had written of the dangers of DDT in the ...

In 1962, the biologist Rachel Carson published Silent Spring, which captured the public’s imagination and led to a shift in the understanding of our relationship with the natural world.