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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]]. 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]]. The book was an attack on [[capitalism]] and the chemical industry during the [[Cold War]]. It has been credited with helping to start the [[environmentalism]] movement in the [[United States]]. |
==Criticism== | ==Criticism== | ||
Revision as of 20:28, 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. The book was an attack on capitalism and the chemical industry during the Cold War. 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]