What Rachel Carson thinks about agency
American marine biologist, writer and conservationist (1907 to 1964) whose sea trilogy and 1962 book Silent Spring are credited with advancing marine conservation and the global environmental movement.
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3 dated positions, c. 1962, in their own words. Our reading of what Rachel Carson has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsIf we would divert to constructive research even a small fraction of the money spent each year on the development of ever more toxic sprays, we could find ways to use less dangerous materials and to keep poisons out of our waterways.
↗Silent Spring (Houghton Mifflin, 2002 edition)books.google.com All 20 from this book
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Their wordsIt is our alarming misfortune that so primitive a science has armed itself with the most modern and terrible weapons, and that in turning them against the insects it has also turned them against the earth.
↗Silent Spring (Houghton Mifflin, 2002 edition)books.google.com All 20 from this book
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Their wordsWe must make wider use of alternative methods that are now known, and we must devote our ingenuity and resources to developing others.
↗Silent Spring (Houghton Mifflin, 2002 edition)books.google.com All 20 from this book