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Since Silent Spring
1970
The book traces the environmental movement that followed Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, documenting the ecological impacts of pesticides and the public response that led to growing environmental awareness and regulation.
Key Takeaways:
- Chronicles the environmental and political aftermath of Silent Spring, surveying pesticide impacts, regulatory responses, and the growing environmental movement of the 1960s.
- Documents new scientific findings about ecological damage, showing that many of Carson’s fears were justified and in some cases understated.
- Illustrates how public awareness, citizen activism, and legal action began to reshape chemical policy, conservation efforts, and the broader relationship between industry and the environment.
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