Silent Spring and the Reckless Abandon of the Atomic Industrial Complex
In September of 1962, Silent Spring arrived on bookshelves. It was an instant hit. Rachel Carson (1907-1964) did not simply describe the unintended consequences of the widespread use of pesticides, and DDT in particular, but linked to public concern over open-air atomic testing. Throughout the 1950s the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) detonated dozens of […]
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