Silent Spring. This item is unavailable.
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Language: English
Published by Fawcett Publications, Inc., 1970
- Softcover
- Used
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Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
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- Title
- Silent Spring
- Author
- Rachel Carson
- Publisher
- Fawcett Publications, Inc.
- Publication year
- 1970
- Condition
- Fair
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0140022686
- ISBN 13
- 9780140022681
- Item weight
- 0.54 pounds
FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Discusses the reckless annihilation of fish and birds by the use of pesticides, and warns of the possible genetic effects on humans.
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Review
Silent Spring, released in 1962, offered the first shattering look at widespread ecological degradation and touched off an environmental awareness that still exists. Rachel Carson's book focused on the poisons from insecticides, weed killers, and other common products as well as the use of sprays in agriculture, a practice that led to dangerous chemicals to the food source. Carson argued that those chemicals were more dangerous than radiation and that for the first time in history, humans were exposed to chemicals that stayed in their systems from birth to death. Presented with thorough documentation, the book opened more than a few eyes about the dangers of the modern world and stands today as a landmark work.
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