Of Silent Springs and Loudly PropheciesOctober 22, 2008 With this comedy masterpiece, Rachel Carson launched a thorough and successful assault on pesticides commonly used in agriculture. After nearly 45 years, DDT is no longer used. Every organism on the planet has what was once considered a lethal quantity of it in its cells and the human ones are still alive to whine about the worms in their raspberries.
Should you read this book? Yes. It's a thought-provoking indictment, and, like The Jungle 60 years before it, helped shape the world in which we now live. I only wish that all you young, unshaven tree-huggers would understand that panic-peddling is a business just like everything else. Some want to sell you books, others "organic" fruit and others still want to ride panic where politics failed them like a certain secretary of vice presidency or whatever it was Gore did in the 90s.
Ahead of its time.September 30, 2008 This book is more than I expected it to be. It is way ahead of its time and makes an important contribution to the environmental movement.
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What about malaria in Africa?January 28, 2008 4 out of 6 found this review helpful
While Rachel's theories were ahead of her time 40 years ago, many now believe DDT is not the toxin/poison that her book helped label the chemical as. One thing is for SURE: malaria kills millions, including children, in Africa each and every year. DDT could prevent those deaths at a very affordable cost. Malaria in Africa -- one of those unseen ripples in the pond....
the beginning of environmental scienceJanuary 18, 2008 0 out of 1 found this review helpful
An amazing woman and book: the beginning of the us taking responsibility for pollution thanks to this book.
