Examine the impact of Rachel Carson's fable Silent Spring and discuss the issues Carson highlighted. Understand Carson's impact on the environmental movement.
1 Comment on "Earth Days: Rachel Carson - Sounding an Environmental Alarm"
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squt6 at 1:18 p.m., 03/03/11, said:
I grew up in the late sixties and early seventies and clearly remmember the miracle of pesticides. I remmember running in and out of the smoke cloud as the truck drove down every street, puttering along. This lesson clearly elevates the importance respecting our world and understanding that as it goes so do we.