marjorie spock wrote the book'silent spring'inspiring a new environmental movement.
marjorie spock wrote the book'silent spring'inspiring a new environmental movement.
who wrote the book 'silent spring ' inspiring a new environmental movement?
marjorie spock
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rachel louise carson (may 27, 1907 – april 14, 1964) was an american marine biologist, author, and conservationist whose book "silent spring" and other writings are credited with advancing the global environmental movement.
rachel carson
carson's work had a powerful impact on the environmental movement. "silent spring" became a rallying point for the new social movement in the 1960s. according to environmental engineer and carson scholar h. patricia hynes, ""silent spring" altered the balance of power in the world. no one since would be able to sell pollution as the necessary underside of progress so easily or uncritically." carson's work and the activism it inspired are partly responsible for the deep ecology movement and the strength of the grassroots environmental movement since the 1960s. it was also influential on the rise of ecofeminism and on many feminist scientists. carson's most direct legacy in the environmental movement was the campaign to ban the use of ddt in the united states, and related efforts to ban or limit its use throughout the world. the 1967 formation of the environmental defense fund was the first major milestone in the campaign against ddt. the organization brought lawsuits against the government to "establish a citizen's right to a clean environment", and the arguments against ddt largely mirrored carson's. by 1972, the environmental defense fund and other activist groups had succeeded in securing a phase-out of ddt use in the united states, except in emergency cases.
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