Is Silent Spring on audible?
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson | Audiobook | Audible.com.
What was Silent Spring warned?
Adult Hine’s emerald dragonfly in Wisconsin. USFWS photo. Note to editors: September 2012 marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, which warned of the dangers of DDT and helped launch the environmental movement.
Is Silent Spring an easy read?
Silent Spring is an easy read. You don’t have to be well-versed in scientific terminology to follow Carson’s point. Carson suggests alternative ways to control insects rather than covering crops, towns, and water supplies with poisons.
What pesticide did Rachel Carson write about in Silent Spring?
pesticide DDT
Thomas Paine’s Common Sense galvanized radical sentiment in the early days of the Revolution; Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe roused the North’s antipathy to slavery in the decade leading up to the Civil War; and Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, which in 1962 exposed the hazards of the pesticide DDT.
How long is Silent Spring?
10 hours and 36 minutes
Product details
| Listening Length | 10 hours and 36 minutes |
|---|---|
| Version | Unabridged |
| Language | English |
| ASIN | B000MZHSX0 |
| Best Sellers Rank | #13,077 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #22 in Environmental Conservation #77 in Nature & Ecology (Audible Books & Originals) #109 in Environmentalism |
What is the general message of the book The Silent Spring How did it play a crucial part in raising awareness among public regarding environmental deterioration?
Silent Spring: A Change in Perspective Silent Spring seeded important new ideas in the public mind: That spraying chemicals to control insect populations can also kill birds that feed on dead or dying insects. That chemicals travel not only through the environment, but through food chains.
Why is DDT banned?
In 1972, EPA issued a cancellation order for DDT based on its adverse environmental effects, such as those to wildlife, as well as its potential human health risks. As a result, today, DDT is classified as a probable human carcinogen by U.S. and international authorities.
Is Silent Spring accurate?
While excellent literature, however, Silent Spring was very poor science. Carson claimed that DDT was threatening many avian species with imminent extinction. Her evidence for this, however, was anecdotal and unfounded.
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