Rachel Carson

Rachel Carson raised a widespread of public concern regarding pesticides and pollution of the environment. Her book facilitated the ban of DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichlorethane) pesticides in 1972 in the United States. Her book catalogued environmental impacts of DDT pesticides. Silent Spring also questioned the releasing of large amounts of chemicals into the environment and its effect on the ecology as well as human health. The title "Silent Spring" was meant to evoke a spring season without any birds being heard as a result of the pesticide abuse. Silent Spring also raised important questions of the impact of the chemical industry and humankind impact on nature. Rachel Carson recognized the importance of the environment and how it continued to effect humankind in both the short and long term scales of time.