What Is The Use Of Pesticides In Rachel Carson's Silent Spring

The book I will be reviewing is called ‘Silent Spring’ by Rachel Carson discussing the use of pesticides and why it’s so bad for not only plants but us too. Carson’s main goal is to tell us of the hidden dangers pesticides have on our ecosystem. Carson her main argument is that pesticides are way to lethal to be used and provides examples of how the use of pesticides can easily get out of hand and harm all living organisms. In the beginning of her book, Carson describes a town in the heart of America that is blooming with life all year round, “in spring, white clouds of bloom drifted above the green fields . In autumn, oak and maple and birch set up a blaze of color that flamed and flickered across a backdrop of pines . Then foxes barked in the hills and deer silently crossed the fields, half hidden in the mists of the fall mornings.” (Carson 10). Until one year when “Some evil spell had settled on the community” (Carson 10) that killed all life on that town, many livestock would get sick and die as well as produce, even children and adults alike wilted and died because of a mysterious illness. After describing the downfall of a town, she reveals that this town …show more content…
This is due to the tight bond each prey and predator shares with each other, if one species in the food link is killed off or has gone extinct, this causes the entire food chain to be thrown off completely and possibly never be able to get back on its feet. As she talks about DDT and how it affects the world, Carson also talks about the soil which is known as the basic resource of earth. This means if the soil has lethal chemicals in it then the produce grown there will contain the poison and if too much is eaten or inhaled, it could harm animals and people alike- once again throwing off the relationships between consumer and producer, prey and