SILENT SPRING

Silent Spring

Silent Spring

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Silent Spring by Rachael Carson

The book Silent Spring pre sent a story so dramatically contrary to scientific fact, so eloquently and persuasively, and permanently so influential that its impact is difficult to overestimate. If an environmental organization seeks to protect human health, their priorities should be established. (Edmund, 1972)

Rachel Carson

The biggest threats come from snuff, alcohol or drug abuse. Instead, following the publication in 1962 of Rachel Carson, Silent Spring, the major environmental groups are concerned about the nonexistent problem of pesticide residues in food, when in fact the use of pesticides increases providing low-cost fruits and vegetables that are a guarantee of better health. (Rachel, 1962)

The Impact of Silent Spring

The publication of “Silent Spring" was a huge success. Virtually no one questioned its veracity. Justice William Douglas called it "the most important chronicle of this century for the human race ..." on each page increases the horror "he said. Jacqueline Kennedy praised from the White House. (Richard & Rappolt, 1969)

More recently, Vice President Al Gore and his book has Earth in the Balance, how her mother had imprinted on his son the importance of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring. Gore writes: This poison almost invisible, which had initially been received as a blessing, became a symbol of how our civilization could damage the mudno, almost without realizing their own power DDT can be environmentally hazardous, even in small amounts.” (Al Gore, 1992)

The current head of the Environmental Protection Agency of the United States (EPA), Carol Browner, said in a press release on April 26, 1994: "They do 30 years, Rachel Carson warned us of the waste peltries of pesticides in food. Since then, our use of pesticides has doubled. "

Uses of pesticides, which may affect the public, according to studies of the Foods and Drug Administration (FDA) from 1985 to 1991, less than 0.5 percent of the samples inspected violate the limits allowed by federal law for pesticide residues in food. (Chartes & Wurster, 1968)

In 1961, a year before the publication of Silent Spring, large areas of Pennsylvania were sprayed with DDT, 1 pound per acre, for the eradication of the gypsy moth. The Scranton Club Bird kept a strict control, and not a single case of poisoning of birds, attributed - attributable to DDT was reported. Officials of the National Audubon Society were pleased because it had not caused any damage to life Avail, including brooding birds. (Nichols, 1961)

What are pesticides?

Pesticides (insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, and herbicides) are chemical compounds have toxicological properties, used by farmers to fight against pests (insects, rodents) or plants (fungi, weeds) are harmful to the plantations. The first extensive use of a pesticide, DDT, was observed back to the time of the Second World War. (Doris et al, 1965)

Main Environmental and toxicological issues with pesticide use

Unfortunately, all pesticides used are not fulfilling their ...