Rachel Carson
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Rachel Louise Carson was an American marine biologist, writer, and conservationist whose sea trilogy and book Silent Spring are credited with advancing marine conservation and the global environmental
Carson in 1943
Carson's childhood home, the Rachel Carson Homestead, in Springdale, Pennsylvania, in November 2009
Carson first attended the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) in 1929, remaining a member until her death. Her time at MBL inspired her love for the sea
Carson and Bob Hines researching off the East Coast in 1952
DDT
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Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane is a colorless, tasteless, and almost odorless crystalline chemical compound, an organochloride. Originally developed as an insecticide, it became infamous for its envi
Rachel Carson
…Silent Spring was met with fierce opposition by chemical companies, it spurred a reversal in national pesticide policy, which led to a nationwide ban on DDT and other pesticides. It also inspired a grassroots environmental movement that led to the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Carson…
Radical DDT
Commercial product concentrate containing 50% DDT, circa 1960s
Commercial product of Ciba-Geigy Néocide (powder box, 50 g) containing 10% DDT, made in France.
An airplane spraying DDT over Baker County, Oregon as part of a spruce budworm control project, 1955