Forty Years: State Of The Environmental Movement

23 April 2002 - 10:00am

It has been forty years since the publication of Rachel Carson's landmark book, "Silent Spring," considered by many to be start of the environmental movement. Is the Earth healthier today?

Forty years ago Rachel Carson, a writer and marine biologist, published Silent Spring, a book documenting the chemical warfare that human beings were waging on the natural world. The book is widely credited as the launch pad of today's environmental movement.

Source: National Geographic, April 22, 2002
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