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Weyerhaeuser Environmental Classics
DDT, Silent Spring, and the Rise of Environmentalism: Classic Texts
No single event played a greater role in the birth of modern environmentalism than the publication of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring and its assault on insecticides. The documents collected by Thomas Dunlap trace shifting attitudes toward DDT and pesticides in general through a variety of excerpts from scientific studies and government reports, advertisements from industry journals, articles from popular magazines, and the famous “Fable for Tomorrow” from Silent Spring.
Beginning with attitudes toward nature at the turn of the twentieth century, the book moves through the use and early regulation of pesticides; the introduction and early success of DDT; the discovery of its environmental effects; and the uproar over Silent Spring. It ends with recent debates about DDT as a potential solution to malaria in Africa.
Beginning with attitudes toward nature at the turn of the twentieth century, the book moves through the use and early regulation of pesticides; the introduction and early success of DDT; the discovery of its environmental effects; and the uproar over Silent Spring. It ends with recent debates about DDT as a potential solution to malaria in Africa.
160 pages, Paperback
First published August 20, 2008
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September 14, 2012
A great collection of short primary sources that trace the growth of American awareness of the impact of chemicals on the environment. Especially fascinating is a Washington Post story on the woman at the FDA who blocked the approval of thalidomide for use in the US and prevented hundreds of birth defects here.
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