<i>Silent Spring</i>, Rachel Carson, 1962
date: label: date published
content: 1962
name: label: author
content: Carson, Rachel
notes: label: Description
content: The book <i>Silent Spring</i> by biologist and nature writer Rachel Carson was published in 1962. Carson's research on the effect of insecticides (specifically DDT) on bird populations coupled with her moving prose made <i>Silent Spring</i> a best-seller, though chemical companies attacked it as unscientific. While noting the benefits of pesticides in fighting insect-borne disease and boosting crop yields, Carson warned about the invisible dangers of indiscriminate insecticide use and its unintended effect on nature. The publication of <i>Silent Spring</i> led to an increased public awareness of humanity’s impact on nature and is credited as the beginning of the modern environmental movement, leading to the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency in 1970 and the banning of DDT in 1972.
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content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Science
label: Subject
content: Environmental Movement
label: Subject
content: Environmental History
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content: Medicine and Science: Biological Sciences
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content: Science & Mathematics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Joan E. Boudreau
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2013.3104.01
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content: 2013.3104
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content: 2013.3104.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: book
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
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content: cloth (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 22 cm x 15.8 cm x 4 cm; 8 21/32 in x 6 7/32 in x 1 9/16 in