Tag: Silent Spring
‘Silent Spring’ 60 years on: 4 essential reads on pesticides and...
Jennifer Weeks, The Conversation
In 1962 environmental scientist Rachel Carson published “Silent Spring,” a bestselling book that asserted that...
Would Rachel Carson eat organic?
Robert Paarlberg, Harvard University
Rachel Carson, who was born on May 27, 1907, and launched the modern environmental movement with her 1962 book “Silent Spring,”...
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...
Jonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University of Washington; Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Vijay Limaye, University of Wisconsin-Madison
