Rachel Carson's 'Silent Spring' at 60: 4 essential reads | Analysis
“Silent Spring” is widely viewed as an inspiration for the modern environmental movement.
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“Silent Spring” is widely viewed as an inspiration for the modern environmental movement.
Carson did not call for banning DDT but argued for using it and similar products much more selectively.
Published in 1962, ‘Silent Spring’ called attention to collateral damage from widespread use of synthetic pesticides. Many problems the book anticipated persist today in new forms.
By David Vail and Jym St. Pierre Two decades ago, Henry David Thoreau’s iconic Maine woods were in trouble.
Public schools in and around Cincinnati aren't requiring masks this fall. But that could change depending on COVID-19 cases, which are high again.