September 11th, 2009
DDT . Pesticides . Rachel Carson
Pesticides
September 11th, 2009
DDT . Pesticides . Rachel Carson
How could Rachel Carson have known about the possible toxic effects of DDT and other widely used pesticides? Rachel Carson had gathered a lot of facts concerning pesticide use during the period that it was used most so she had a lot of information to work with. And just as importantly she was extremely passionate ...
September 7th, 2009
DDT . Pesticides . Silent Spring
Early History of DDT
During the time that Silent Spring was written and published DDT was one of the most widely used pesticides in the world. But the origins of DDT went back to the last quarter of the 19th century, when it was first synthesized by a German chemist in 1874. It wasn’t until just before the Second ...
August 4th, 2009
Pesticides . Silent Spring
Silent Spring and Chemical Pollutants
During the 1950’s the U.S embarked on campaigns to control various aspects of the natural world. Ambitious, I know, and some will claim an over-exaggeration but the facts speaks for themselves.
During this period there was more than a five-fold increase of production of synthetic pesticides with more than 650 million pounds of pesticides produced ...
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I’ve always loved science since I was young. From the amazing world of quantum physics to genetics popular science always held a world of wonder for me. For my young mind it could do no wrong.
But as I grew to understand the true power of our gained knowledge into the workings of the Universe I ...