Carson’s ability to understand complex scientific reports and her status as a noted author placed her in an excellent position to write a book exposing the harms of DDT. Silent Spring argued ...

"Over increasingly large areas of the United States spring now comes unheralded by the return of birds, and the early mornings are strangely silent where ... spraying DDT to control mosquitos.

Rachel Carson’s book Silent Spring was a landmark in the development of the modern environmental movement. Her scientific perspective about the effect of pesticides on the natural world sparked ...

But the publication of Silent Spring sparked a government investigation into the widespread use of pesticides. Ultimately, this led to a ban of DDT in the United States; many other countries ...

DDT helped wipe out one of the deadliest species ... tool after the publication of books like Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring. Fast-forward to today. Last year was one of the worst on record ...

At the time, the chemical was being targeted by environmentalists like Silent Spring author Rachel Carson, who claimed DDT caused cancer and killed wildlife. Activists sued the EPA to stop the use ...

“The nightmare legacy of DDT continues to rear its ugly head,” said attorney Charlie Tebbutt. “Since Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, the world has known of DDT’s destructive impacts. It is time for the ...

The harmful environmental effects of DDT became widely known to the public after Rachel Carson's influential book about pesticides, Silent Spring, came out in the early 1960s. New Brunswick stopped ...