This approach put Carson at odds with the fledgling organic movement, which totally rejected synthetic pesticides and fertilizers. Activist and author Rachel Carson, whose book ‘Silent Spring’ triggered a reassessment of pesticide use, testifies before a Senate Government Operations Subcommittee in Washington, D.C., June 4, 1963. She “favored a restrained use of pesticides, but not a complete elimination, and did not oppose judicious use of manufactured fertilizers,” writes Harvard University sustainability scholar Robert Paarlberg. Against absolutesĪlthough the chemical industry attacked “Silent Spring” as anti-science and anti-progress, Carson believed that chemicals had their place in agriculture. These articles from The Conversation’s archive spotlight ongoing questions about pesticides and their effects. “Silent Spring” is widely viewed as an inspiration for the modern environmental movement.
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