The Controversy Of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring

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Rachel Carson, a scientist and writer of "Silent Spring". She was very criticized by Chemical and Agriculture Industries and called as "hysterical woman who is unqualified as a scientist". In addition, politicians such as Tom Coburn announced his intention to block a proposed bill to honor Carson, he called her book a junk science and blame Carson for the Malaria Epidemic worldwide. Her suggestion about the indiscriminate uses of pesticides destroying the life and the ecosystem as well, was title as "Absurd ".

The book was called “The most controversial book of the year". Even though, the controversy, Carson's book was the beginning of the new regulations about the safety pesticides. President Kennedy and Congress launched investigations,

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