![]() Boudreau date published 1962 ID Number 2013.3104.01 nonaccession number 2013.3104 catalog number 2013.3104.01 Object Name book Physical Description paper (overall material) cloth (overall material) Measurements overall: 22 cm x 15. Location Currently not on view Credit Line Gift of Joan E. The publication of Silent Spring led to an increased public awareness of humanity’s impact on nature and is credited as the beginning of the modern environmental movement, leading to the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency in 1970 and the banning of DDT in 1972. While noting the benefits of pesticides in fighting insect-borne disease and boosting crop yields, Carson warned about the invisible dangers of indiscriminate insecticide use and its unintended effect on nature. In 1957, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) introduced the fire ant eradication program which involved spraying DDT and other pesticides including mass. Carson's research on the effect of insecticides (specifically DDT) on bird populations coupled with her moving prose made Silent Spring a best-seller, though chemical companies attacked it as unscientific. Object Details author Carson, Rachel Description The book Silent Spring by biologist and nature writer Rachel Carson was published in 1962. Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, African Art. ![]()
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