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| − | '''''Silent Spring''''' is a book written by [[Rachel Carson]] in 1962, about the use of pesticides to kill insects in [[agriculture]] and houshold pests like the common [[bedbug]]. The book was an attack on [[capitalism]] and the chemical industry during the [[Cold War]].<ref>''[https://climateandcapitalism.com/2020/09/18/nature-and-society-from-karl-marx-to-rachel-carson/ Nature and Society, from Karl Marx to Rachel Carson]'', by Louis ProyectIt, September 18, 2020.</ref> 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, about the use of pesticides to kill insects in [[agriculture]] and houshold pests like the common [[bedbug]].<ref>"In the 1950s, after they saved the world from [[Hitler]] and before they perfected the three-martini lunch, the Greatest Generation wiped out bedbugs - or so they thought. They hit the [[tick]]-size [[parasite]]s with [[DDT]] by the barrel, then mopped up with malathion." ''[http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2021056,00.html How to Fight a Scourge: Scenes from the Bedbug Summit]'', By David Von Drehle, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. [[Time magazine]].</ref> The book was an attack on [[capitalism]] and the chemical industry during the [[Cold War]].<ref>''[https://climateandcapitalism.com/2020/09/18/nature-and-society-from-karl-marx-to-rachel-carson/ Nature and Society, from Karl Marx to Rachel Carson]'', by Louis ProyectIt, September 18, 2020.</ref> It has been credited with helping to start the [[environmentalism]] movement in the [[United States]]. |
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Latest revision as of 20:54, July 5, 2021
Silent Spring is a book written by Rachel Carson in 1962, about the use of pesticides to kill insects in agriculture and houshold pests like the common bedbug.[1] The book was an attack on capitalism and the chemical industry during the Cold War.[2] 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 â that manâs ingenuity would be his own worst enemy. And therein lies the essence of Rachelâs 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.[3]
See also
References
- â "In the 1950s, after they saved the world from Hitler and before they perfected the three-martini lunch, the Greatest Generation wiped out bedbugs - or so they thought. They hit the tick-size parasites with DDT by the barrel, then mopped up with malathion." How to Fight a Scourge: Scenes from the Bedbug Summit, By David Von Drehle, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. Time magazine.
- â Nature and Society, from Karl Marx to Rachel Carson, by Louis ProyectIt, September 18, 2020.
- â http://www.fumento.com/rachel.pdf