The committee's report "add up to a fairly thorough-going vindication of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring thesis," in the words of the journal Science, and recommended a phaseout of "persistent toxic pesticides".
O informe do Comité achegou "unha defensa bastante minuciosa da tese de Silent Spring de Carson", en palabras da revista Science, e recomendaba a redución progresiva dos "pesticidas tóxicos persistentes".