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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 ...

"Silent Spring is such a watershed event. Very few books have had the same impact on public policy," says William Souder, author of O n A Farther Shore: The Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson.

'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 ...

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 died in 1964 from breast cancer and didn’t see many of the positive results of her work.

Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring criticized the widespread use of artificial pesticides and helped launch the modern environmental movement.

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 ...

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.

Rachel Carson issued this warning in a television interview a few months after the publication of her final book, Silent Spring, in September 1962. A book of truly alarming implications, it exposed ...