In 1962, the biologist Rachel Carson published Silent Spring, which captured the public’s imagination and led to a shift in the understanding of our relationship with the natural world. Her book ...

1. Against absolutes Although the chemical industry attacked “Silent Spring” as anti-science and anti-progress, Carson believed that chemicals had their place in agriculture. She “favored a restrained ...

Rachel Carson : her vision and her legacy / Shirley A. Briggs -- The not so silent spring / John A. Moore -- The science and politics of pesticides / C.F. Wilkinson -- Assessing the toxicity of ...

In 1962, a former marine biologist published a book that would alter the way millions of Americans, and eventually people around the world, understood humanity’s relationship with nature. The book ...

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Toxicology emerges in public health crises -- DDT and environmental toxicology -- The University of Chicago Toxicity Laboratory -- The toxicity of organophosphate chemicals -- What's the risk? : ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At the time, pesticides like DDT were seen as offering a glimpse of a better future, one where humans could control nature. DDT in ...