A masterpiece of science and wonder, Rachel Carson’s book is a moral call to action. Would it have had the same impact if it were published today? Before all that she gave us in “Silent Spring,” ...

In 1962 environmental scientist Rachel Carson published “Silent Spring,” a bestselling book that asserted that overuse of pesticides was harming the environment and threatening human health. Carson ...

In 1962 biologist Rachel Carson wrote ‘Silent Spring’, a landmark cautionary tale on the dangers of pesticide use. Despite the past 60 years of warnings, studies and the creation of the EPA ...

Explore the profound impact of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring on environmental consciousness and the legacy of the environmental movement. Carson argued that public ...

Although she spent most of her career as a marine biologist, Rachel Carson (1907–1964) is remembered mostly for raising the alarm over the dangers of pollution and pesticides. Her book Silent Spring ...

It is strange to read Rachel Carson’s “Silent Spring” today, more than 50 years after its publication, in a handsome new edition from the Library of America. At the time the book hit the shelves, it ...

In her barnstorming environmental polemic Silent Spring, which celebrates its 60th anniversary this year, Rachel Carson fired a broadside against the unfettered use of chemicals by agricultural giants ...