Rachel Carson

years it would be engaged in a fervent debate about the merits and risks of pesticides. This debate would be spurred by a woman who was just now becoming aware of a rapidly metastasizing cancer that would tragically cause her death four years later. Rachel Carson’s battle with cancer was just one of the many that she was forced to fight; which included a fight for legitimacy as a woman scientist without a Ph.D. and as a courageous individual who had the strength to push back against what was…

The environmentalism movement started in 1962, when Rachel Carson wrote the book Silent Spring. This book brought more attention to the environment and how the daily activities could be threats to the environment (4). According to Biography in Context, this book “is often credited with beginning the environmental…

“If a child is to keep alive his/her inborne sense of wonder,.,s/he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him/her the joy, excitement, and mystery of the world we live in.” -Rachel Carson This quote spoke to me in a very different manner that it’d rather speak to you too. What I found meaningful from this quote is that what she is trying to say is, the adult is nature itself. Once I read this, I right away thought of the book “The Boy and the Tree”.…

It was utilized a lot between the years of 1940 and 1970. In 1953 the US chose to drop billions of pounds of the insecticide all over. After that Rachel Carson composed Silent Spring which discussed the numerous threats of DDT. One of the numerous risks Rachel Carson explained, was it caused cancers. As evidenced by “DDT Linked to Fourfold Increase in Breast Cancer Risk,” “In addition, daughters exposed to the higher levels of DDT were more likely to be…

in ignorance. When the land and air is pumped with unnatural chemicals and animals face extinction, humans are threatening their own safety and health too. Rachel Carson reveals the effects of the food chain in Silent Spring when she describes that “the few birds seen anywhere were moribund; they trembled violently and could not fly” (Carson 4). Animals are left to die from ecosystem destruction, which ultimately affects the rest of life on earth. As one animal goes into extinction, another…

strategically sublimates her own experiences with personal stories of friends and correlates these experiences to a wide array of scholarly research. To further validate her position, Steingraber recalls the countless hours invested in the work of Rachel Carson, and merges Carson’s historical findings with her own continued research. Though at times some of the statistics presented in the book may seem like they are over the top or are presented to place nothing more than put fear into the…

Their ability to harm the enemies was just too much. According to Rachel Carson who was an environmentalist, Toxins and wastes from these chemical factories was dumped into the water and caused pollution. Animals consumed the chemicals. These chemicals probably moved down all the way through the food chain. They were probably…

From Wilderness to Backyards: Analysis of the Rise of American Suburbia and its Influence on Modern Environmentalism Through an average American’s point of view it is a common misconception that modern environmentalism has its roots in the radical protests of the 1960s and 1970s, characterized by drug and ‘hippie’ culture. Whilst some more radical grassroots environmental groups or movements could be characterized in this way, the origins of modern environmentalism stem from much earlier in…

What is the Endangered Species Act? Why was the Endangered Species Act created? Why do we care for endangered species? The Endangered Species Act was made so that our native plants, animals, and fish would not go into extinction. This Act requires that Federal and State agencies provide suitable conditions for endangered and threatened species, not to jeopardize from federal activities but to protect and save our native species from extinction. Throughout history there have been many events to…

Pesticide use was very liberal and many pests became resistant to pesticides, this caused non-targeted plants and animals to be harmed, and residue started to show up in unexpected places. (Delaplane, 2) Rachel Carson wrote the novel Silent Spring in 1962, the public was shaken. In Silent Spring Carson wrote about the environmental effects of careless use of pesticides. (Delaplane, 2) Silent Springs lead to the government looking into more environmentally safe pesticides. Many of…