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Apr 04, 2017ryner rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
In this classic work of 1962, biologist Rachel Carson details alarming, detailed accounts of the ecologically and biologically disastrous effects of applying chemicals to our environment. As a reader 55 years later, I was simultaneously aghast and hopeful that, surely, what we've learned from the science in the last half-century results in fewer haphazard and negligent practices. However, given the recent threats to the EPA, an agency whose mission is to protect human health and the environment, I'm no longer feeling that optimism.