Friday, June 3, 2011
1960's
“Silent Spring”, published by Rachel Carson in 1962 sparked the beginning of the environmental movement in the United States. It documented the detrimental effect that chemicals and pesticides were having on the environment. She argued that uncontrolled pesticide use was killing birds, fish and ecosystems, and thus killing humans in the process. The title “Silent Spring” was meant to give an image of a spring season that was completely quiet because all of the birds had been killed by pesticide use.
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Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring is going to hurt America. She condemns the use of pesticides and says that they’re bad for the environment. I think not having them will be even worse. Without pesticides, the agriculture industry will suffer. Farmers won’t be able to grow as much because of pest infestation. Not only will these farmers lose money, but there will also be less food for people. People could starve! DDT is not that bad, the bugs that it is getting rid of are much worse.
ReplyDeleteAccording to the great Rachel Carson, pesticides kill EVERYTHING, nothing can survive, in fact pesticides were first created by chemists during WWII as means of people-cide. Just growing more food isn’t good either, in fact that was one of the leading factors in the Great Depression, surplus food. Big Business will be the death of all, especially if it continues with its “holier than thou” attitude. People wouldn't die because the Green Revolution has increased the amount of food that is readily available because of Genetic Modification!
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