Ketutar Jensen answers “Why not read "The False Crises of Rachel...”

Winfield Sterling asked this question about Silent Spring:

Why not read "The False Crises of Rachel Carson: Silent Spring at 50" for a critique of this badly flawed book?

Ketutar Jensen Why not read this book to know for yourself whether it is "badly flawed" or not? Had you actually read it, you'd know that she doesn't say once that i…moreWhy not read this book to know for yourself whether it is "badly flawed" or not? Had you actually read it, you'd know that she doesn't say once that insecticides/pesticides are devil's invention, abominable, has to be forbidden, bad, bad, bad! She says that people should know what they are doing, consider the options, be aware of THE FACT that toxins are toxic.
Silent Spring is written by a biologist who has studied the effects of poisons, The False Crises is written by two economists and a geography professor. Reading their book as a critique of this one, is like going to Jenny McCarthy to get a second opinion to that of your doctor.
Also, you know David Allen Sibley? He thinks Rachel Carson was right.(less)

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