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| − | '''Silent Spring''' is a book written by [[Rachel Carson]] in 1962. It has been credited with helping to start the [[environmentalism]] movement in the United States. | + | '''''Silent Spring''''' is a book written by [[Rachel Carson]] in 1962. It has been credited with helping to start the [[environmentalism]] movement in the United States. |
==Criticism== | ==Criticism== | ||
| − | [[Michael Fumento]] wrote: | + | [[Michelle Malkin]] and [[Michael Fumento]] wrote: |
| − | *A daunting theme runs throughout Silent Spring — that man’s ingenuity would be his own worst enemy. And therein lies the essence of Rachel’s folly. Carson and her intellectual heirs in the environmental movement embrace a mistaken vision of technology. It is an impaired vision that considers only the risks of industrial chemical compounds, and not the risks created by their absence. <ref>http://www.fumento.com/rachel.pdf</ref> | + | *A daunting theme runs throughout ''Silent Spring'' — that man’s ingenuity would be his own worst enemy. And therein lies the essence of Rachel’s folly. Carson and her intellectual heirs in the environmental movement embrace a mistaken vision of technology. It is an impaired vision that considers only the risks of industrial chemical compounds, and not the risks created by their absence.<ref>http://www.fumento.com/rachel.pdf</ref> |
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 21:14, January 25, 2008
Silent Spring is a book written by Rachel Carson in 1962. It has been credited with helping to start the environmentalism movement in the United States.
Criticism
Michelle Malkin and Michael Fumento wrote:
- A daunting theme runs throughout Silent Spring — that man’s ingenuity would be his own worst enemy. And therein lies the essence of Rachel’s folly. Carson and her intellectual heirs in the environmental movement embrace a mistaken vision of technology. It is an impaired vision that considers only the risks of industrial chemical compounds, and not the risks created by their absence.[1]