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Rachel Carson Issues "Silent Spring"

1962

In 1962 American biologist, writer, and ecologist Rachel Carson published Silent Spring in Boston through Houghton, Mifflin. This very carefully documented book convincingly proved the disastrous effects of DDT in the environment, and generated a storm of controversy. It was later credited with founding the "environmental movement" in the United States.

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