Silent Spring

By:

Rachel Carson

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Penguin Books 2000Description: 323pISBN:

9780141184944

Subject(s):

Pesticides, Biological control, Toxicology, Pesticides and wildlife, Insect pests, Environmental aspects of Pesticides, Environmental aspects, Wildlife conservation, Pesticidas, Pollution, Insect cont

DDC classification:

363.7384 CAR-S

Summary: Silent Spring, released in 1962, offered the first shattering look at widespread ecological degradation and touched off an environmental awareness that still exists. Rachel Carson\'s book focused on the poisons from insecticides, weed killers, and other common products as well as the use of sprays in agriculture, a practice that led to dangerous chemicals to the food source. Carson argued that those chemicals were more dangerous than radiation and that for the first time in history, humans were exposed to chemicals that stayed in their systems from birth to death. Presented with thorough documentation, the book opened more than a few eyes about the dangers of the modern world and stands today as a landmark work.

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Book	Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Processing Center	Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics	363.7384 CAR-S (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		DCB2154

Silent Spring, released in 1962, offered the first shattering look at widespread ecological degradation and touched off an environmental awareness that still exists. Rachel Carson\'s book focused on the poisons from insecticides, weed killers, and other common products as well as the use of sprays in agriculture, a practice that led to dangerous chemicals to the food source. Carson argued that those chemicals were more dangerous than radiation and that for the first time in history, humans were exposed to chemicals that stayed in their systems from birth to death. Presented with thorough documentation, the book opened more than a few eyes about the dangers of the modern world and stands today as a landmark work.

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