A Not So 'Silent Spring' - Rachel Carson

            Rachel Carson is considered to be a significant figure in both the environment and human health movements, with great reasons. After the release of her well known book, Silent Spring, in 1962, the public was informed about the dangers of pesticides. Within the pages of her book, Carson exposed the government and the chemical industries about the harmful effects that these pesticides and DDT’s are having not only on the wildlife but humans as well. Though Carson’s courage to stand up for what was right, an issue that the government tried to sweep under the rug was now out in the open forcing, both the government and industries to take up the responsibility for their faults and correct the hazardous problems through the banning of DDTs. Through the publication of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, there has been a significant increase in public awareness of pesticides to help improve the health of our wildlife and humans.