For years many individuals have fought to demonstrate the important of protecting our environment around the world. One of the main issues we face today is the effects of pesticides in the environment. These issues have now began to be noticed by experts and organizations because leaders such as Rachel Carson have brought them to light. Rachel Carson’s bestseller “Silent Spring”, describes various case where pesticides are dangerous and led to environment problems. Everything in our environment is related and affected by each other. “Silent Spring” defines the harmful effects that chemical control has created on all components of our environment. In this essay I will analysis the side effects and dangers that pesticides will cause to our health
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Human beings are set to control nature that we fail to realize we are also destroying ourselves. Human beings themselves have become consequences of these chemicals and realizing when it is too late. As a result of chemical exposure they have died from cancer or other diseases according to Carson. Carson wrote "Silent Spring”, to encourage awareness and aid with the dangerous outcomes of pesticide and insecticide use. She also wanted the government to research new methods and eliminate …show more content…
Her thirst and quest to share with the world led her to “reach out to a network of scientists, physicians, librarians, conservationists and government officials” (Koehn, 2012). Using this collaboration she was able to gather and share the thought of linking cancer to pesticides. The damaged caused from spraying chemicals such as “DDT” led to the pollution of the air. This harmful spray left behind chemicals that many of us were not aware of and therefore did not know how to protect ourselves. Our government, failed to protect our health by exposing us to theses pesticides and effecting the value of the environment. As a result this spray was “applied in profligate quantities without regard to their effect on human health, animals and the environment” (Koehn, 2012). This was consider to be acceptable because the government needed a way to control our insect
Human beings are set to control nature that we fail to realize we are also destroying ourselves. Human beings themselves have become consequences of these chemicals and realizing when it is too late. As a result of chemical exposure they have died from cancer or other diseases according to Carson. Carson wrote "Silent Spring”, to encourage awareness and aid with the dangerous outcomes of pesticide and insecticide use. She also wanted the government to research new methods and eliminate …show more content…
Her thirst and quest to share with the world led her to “reach out to a network of scientists, physicians, librarians, conservationists and government officials” (Koehn, 2012). Using this collaboration she was able to gather and share the thought of linking cancer to pesticides. The damaged caused from spraying chemicals such as “DDT” led to the pollution of the air. This harmful spray left behind chemicals that many of us were not aware of and therefore did not know how to protect ourselves. Our government, failed to protect our health by exposing us to theses pesticides and effecting the value of the environment. As a result this spray was “applied in profligate quantities without regard to their effect on human health, animals and the environment” (Koehn, 2012). This was consider to be acceptable because the government needed a way to control our insect