num_pages: 400
description: Silent Spring is an environmental science book. The book documents the adverse environmental effects caused by the indiscriminate use of pesticides. Carson accused the chemical industry of spreading disinformation, and public officials of accepting the industry's marketing claims unquestioningly.The book appeared in September 1962 and the outcry that followed its publication forced the banning of DDT and spurred revolutionary changes in the laws affecting our air, land, and water. Carson’s book was instrumental in launching the environmental movement.
language: English
title: Silent Spring
titlecomplete: Silent Spring
genres: Biology, Environment, Politics, Ecology, Science, Nature, Classics, Nonfiction, History, Sustainability
ratings_count: 46070
awards: awardedAt: -220896000000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Nonfiction
publisher: Hamish Hamilton