Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring"

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Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring"

1993

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77178367

The agency provided description reads as follows: This episode chronicles the life of Rachel Carson, a US biologist, well known for her writings on environmental pollution and natural history of the sea. Her controversial, book, "Silent Spring," which she was encouraged to write after noting the unregulated use of chemicals, especially DDT, sparked a revolution in government environmental policy and ecological consciousness. The producer of this video is Neil Goodwin.

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Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964

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Rachel Carson (May 27, 1907 – April 14, 1964) was a biologist, author, and conservationist whose book Silent Spring and other writings are credited with advancing the global environmental movement. Carson began her career as an aquatic biologist in the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries before becoming a successful author. Late in the 1950s, Carson turned her attention to conservation, especially some problems that she believed were caused by synthetic pesticides. The result was the book Silent Spring ...