September 11th, 2009
DDT . Pesticides . Rachel Carson
Rachel Carson
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 9th, 2009
DDT . Rachel Carson . Silent Spring
Rachel Carson’s DDT
What is DDT? DDT is a non-selective insecticide. It killed all insect pests good or bad. As Rachel Carson put it in Silent Spring it had the power to; ‘still the songs of birds and the leaping of fish in the streams, to coat the leaves with a deadly film and to linger on in ...
August 8th, 2009
Chemical Pollutants . Rachel Carson . Silent Spring
New Chemical Dangers
But highly visible pollution events were occurring all over America during the same period. Devastating events that no-one could easily ignore. Rachel Carson was unique in that she compiled the most graphic of these events and eloquently described them in her book. Silent Spring opened with a ‘fable for tomorrow’ where she described a fictional ...
August 7th, 2009
DDT . Rachel Carson . Silent Spring . Synthetic Chemicals
The Importance Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring
The modern environmental movement was established with the release of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring in 1962. It was an important work of literature that opened the eyes of the World to the dangers of toxic chemical pollutants in the environment. In her book, Rachel Carson cleverly integrated the concerns of urban and industrial reformers with ...
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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 ...