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Rachel Carson
American Author:
Subject: Natural world
Modern chemist and biologist should steadily control nature, carson differed.
Carson: Caution against manipulation
World War 2:
War against the earth
Overseeing the works at a Govt. Aanimal Dept?
Epidemic driven by insects were common
Spraying DDT on people to reduce diseases like malaria
Entire islands were spayed DDT
Impact of manipulation of life bring:
(DDT) is an insecticide
used in agriculture. The United States banned the use of DDT in 1972. Some countries outside the United States still use DDT to control of mosquitoes that spread malaria.
Chemist: Othmar Zeilder
Chemist: As a pesticide, Paul Muller.
Carson: Reader's digest, DDT may have undesirable impact on life (marine and elsewhere).
"Her work tingles with anger, outrage and protest"
Counterattack on this threat from chemical industry. For example, Velsicol corporation threatened.
Claimed: "emotionalism and her vision of progress rooted in "sentimentalism" rather than reality as evidence"
WHO: 25 million survived as a result