About Rachel Carson
This federal agency is who Carson worked for before she began authoring books.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Silent Spring was written about this specific harmful pesticide that was later banned in the U.S.
DDT
DDT became widely-used as this form of crop protection.
Pesticide
This President read Carson's Silent Spring and prompted government action.
President John F. Kennedy
Before writing Silver Spring, Carson wrote three other books on this nature topic.
Ocean/Sealife
Four Years
Due to its low solubility, DDT has a greater rate of bioaccumulation in this kind of environment.
Water-dependent ecosystems (lakes, ponds, rivers)
Silent Spring was published in this year, which was also the same year the Cuban Missile Crisis took place.
1962
Rachel Carson passed away two years after the publication of Silent Spring because of this health condition.
Breast Cancer
Silent Spring discussed the possible link between pesticides and this harmful side effect.
Cancer
Along with typhus, DDT is well-known for being effective in combatting this serious insect-borne disease.
Malaria
After using Silent Spring in Congressional hearings, the creation of this agency oversaw the safeguarding of the environment that still operates today.
EPA
Natural Resources Committee of the Democratic Advisory Council
Before Silent Spring was published as a book, it was released in a three-part series in this big city magazine.
The New Yorker
DDT is present in many human excrements, but this specific type is used to measure exposure.
breast milk
In the first year of publishing, Silent Spring sold this many copies.
600,000