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The objection is not to all insecticide use but to handing potent poisons indiscriminately to the largely or wholly ignorant
Drawn from what Rachel Carson said
What Rachel Carson actually said
- Rachel Carson American marine biologist
It is not my contention that chemical insecticides must never be used. I do contend that we have put poisonous and biologically potent chemicals indiscriminately into the hands of persons largely or wholly ignorant of their potentials for harm.
Where this was said
↗Silent Spring (Houghton Mifflin, 2002 edition)books.google.com
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