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Legacy of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring A National Historic Chemical Landmark Designated October 26, 2012, at Chatham University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In Spanish: El legado de Primavera ...

On Sept. 27, 1962, biologist Rachel Carson published Silent Spring, a book that would radically shift how the nation thought about the effect of pesticides on human health and the environment.

'Silent Spring' sparked a movement that saved some of our most iconic wildlife species from extinction Author Rachel Carson’s book about the threat posed by the pesticide DDT ultimately led to ...

In 1962, the publication of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring — which some called the most controversial book of the year — put the nation and world on alert to the dangers of overuse and misuse ...

Rachel Carson’s ability to combine scientific insight with moral urgency helped ignite a global movement that continues to evolve and respond to the environmental challenges of the modern era.

Rachel Carson ’s book documented through painstaking research how our species was poisoning not simply fellow creatures but ourselves in the bargain.

In 1962 environmental scientist Rachel Carson published " Silent Spring," a bestselling book that asserted that overuse of pesticides was harming the environment and threatening human health.