But these efforts proved ineffective and even came to be viewed with suspicion. Spokesmen for various corporations and organizations affiliated with the chemical industry questioned Carson’s motivation and arguments, at times attacking the author in deeply personal terms. When The New Yorker printed excerpts three months earlier, Velsicol Chemical Corporation, a major manufacturer of DDT, threatened to sue the magazine and the book’s publisher, Houghton Mifflin. By identifying issues about our relationship with the earth that continue to challenge us today, Silent Spring inspires us to act.Įven before it appeared in bookstores in late September of 1962, Silent Spring ignited controversy. Carson’s compelling and ultimately effective argument for controlling the use of DDT and other synthetic insecticides is one of the founding texts of the modern environmental movement. This year marks the 60 th anniversary of the publication of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, one of the most influential assessments yet written of our impact on the environment.
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