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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Picked up this book having heard it was a landmark piece of literature in the ecological movement. Worth a read, but it's a sad book and in some chapters the author does labour the point a bit. In context of time written, a well-researched and quite frankly bold piece of work! Fact that it is still referred to 40 years on proves its significance. (  )lozzer | Jun 21, 2009 |   well i guess she could just write 'ddt kills' and have said the same thing; so repetitive, but apparently necessary at the time (  )lonake | Mar 20, 2009 | 1  I read this book this summer. It was good, but sort of depressing! ( )oleiah | Jan 4, 2009 | bookchronicle | Aug 8, 2008 | Paperback edition with an introduction by former Vice President Al Gore. An incredibly powerful, landmark book.. (  )seavac | Jul 11, 2008 | 0.080 seconds to build listing
Amazon.com (ISBN 0618249060, Paperback)Silent Spring, released in 1962, offered the first shattering look at widespread ecological degradation and touched off an environmental awareness that still exists. Rachel Carson's book focused on the poisons from insecticides, weed killers, and other common products as well as the use of sprays in agriculture, a practice that led to dangerous chemicals to the food source. Carson argued that those chemicals were more dangerous than radiation and that for the first time in history, humans were exposed to chemicals that stayed in their systems from birth to death. Presented with thorough documentation, the book opened more than a few eyes about the dangers of the modern world and stands today as a landmark work.(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:22 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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