Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring
impacted America by raising awareness and recognition of environmental issues,
especially regarding pollution and the use of pesticides, and their effects on animal
and insect species and populations.
Coming in the 1950s
when the chemical DDT was widely used in agriculture, her book began the modern
environmental movement that eventually led to the banning of such pesticides and more
strict regulations on what could and could not be used, and
where.
The current "Green" movement really has its roots
and origins in what her novel did to wake people up to environmental
crises.
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