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What lessons does Carson extract from the stories about spraying for the gypsy moth and the fire ant? What was the role of local activists-Of government officials-Of the chemical industry?



Silent Spring is an environmental science book by Rachel Carson published in 1962 that documented the adverse environmental effects caused by the indiscriminate use of pesticides. The work was originally published in 3 parts in the New Yorker. Also a documentary titled ‘American Experience: Rachel Carson’ (1:53:59) for prompt 3. The grading rubric for the […]