01985cam a2200409 i 4500 283113698 TxAuBib 20140611120000.0 140611m19621987||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 60-5148 9780395453902 $15.00 0395453909 $15.00 TxAuBib rda Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964. Silent Spring / Rachel Carson; drawings by Lois and Louis Darling; foreword by Paul Brooks. 25th anniversary ed. Boston, MA : Houghton Mifflin Co., 1962-1987. 368 p : ill.; softcover ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (p.301-355) and index. It is rare that a single book actually changes the course of history. Silent Spring, by Rachel Carson, did exactly that. It spurred revolutionary changes in government policy toward the environment and was instrumental in launching the environment movement that has made "ecology" a part of everyone's vocabulary. It is one of the landmark books of the twentieth century, and its message is as pertinent today as it was when it was first published. This book presents facts about the effects of pesticides on the environment, health and genetics. This publication forced the banning of DDT and spurred revolutionary changes in the laws affecting our air, land, and water. 20140611. Pesticides Environmental aspects. Pesticides Toxicology. Insect pests Biological control. Pesticides and wildlife. Biology. Nature. Environment. DDT. Genetics. Ecology. Darling, Lois, Illustrator. Darling, Louis, Illustrator.