How Did Rachel Carson Contribute To The Environmental Movement

Rachel Carson By:Ryleigh Marquardt “But man is a part of nature, and his war against nature is inevitably a war against himself.” Rachel Carson was a marine biologist, environmentalist, writer/journalist, and a scientist. The thing she was most famous for was writing the book Silent Spring which brought attention to the issue of pesticide safety to the public. That book was the start of a new beginning for the approach towards pest control. In the first place, Rachel Carson was the founder of the environmental movement. The environmental movement (sometimes referred to as the ecology movement), also including conversation and green politics is a diverse scientific, social, and political movement in addressing environmental issues. The environmental movement started between the 1960’s and the 1970’s shortly after her book was published in 1962. The response to her book leads eventually to public policy changes in the 1970’s. Serious beginning of research on IPM(Integrated Pest Management) approaches to pest control, there was a nationwide IPM program created by the USDA, and pesticide registrations and regulations were created. Her book influenced the …show more content…
Pesticides are a substance used for destroying insects or other organisms harmful to cultivated plants or to animals. Rachel Carson helped by making pesticides, less harmful to other organisms such as birds, fish, and also making water, turf, and other vegetation safe from the harmful pesticides. From the 2000’s and beyond pest management has always been changing for the better, but the future of pest management cannot be predicted. Rachel Carson practically laid out the whole future of pesticides for people. She made it to where pesticides are always changing for the better which is also changing the USA for the