silent spring

     

In 1962 Rachel Carson revealed the dangers of toxic pollution to a mass audience in this book

Trivia about silent spring

  • According to Rachel Carson, the use of pesticides & herbicides will lead to this title occurrence
  • A line from this book: "Spring now comes unheralded by the return of birds, & the early mornings are strangely silent"
  • Influential 1962 work containing the line "The chemical barrage has been hurled against the fabric of life"

Found pages about silent spring