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Spraying from either a ground-based vehicle or an airplane is a common method for applying pesticides. Edwin Remsburg/VW Pics via Getty Images In 1962 environmental scientist Rachel Carson published ...

Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, published in 1962, was a landmark in the development of the modern environmental movement. Carson’s scientific perspective and rigor created a work of substantial depth ...

Rachel Carson published “Silent Spring” in 1962. In honor of Women’s History Month and the 60th anniversary of Carson’s seminal work, I wanted to look back at this remarkable woman and her life’s work ...

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/Rachel-carson-malaria-and-silent-spring/ In 1962, the publication of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring — which ...

On the walls of the US vice president's office, you might expect to see framed photos of political giants past and present. Amidst his collection, however, Al Gore cherishes a picture of a biologist ...