Remembering Rachel Carson

Marine biologist Rachel Carson 1907 1964 was at the forefront of environmental conservation in the U S during the 20th century A talented writer her books like Silent Spring and The Sea Around Us helped to illustrate how human activities like the overuse of pesticides had negative effects on ecosystems and ultimately humans themselves Silent Spring alerted the public to the unforeseen dangers of chemicals like DDT which had been seen as a miracle pesticide but proved to be harmful to other animals as it rose up the food chain

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