On the other side of the debate, environmentalists claimed that Silent Spring created a lot of environmental consciousness regarding the negative environmental and health effects of the pesticide (Murphy 1). They claimed that the human health benefits of the pesticide were more than the negative environmental effects of the same. On one hand, politicians criticized the book for its lack of balance between the scientific and environmental effects of DDT (Murphy 94).įor example, some politicians said the book “whitewashed” the contributions of DDT in reducing malaria and other diseases (Murphy 94). Silent Spring caused a lot of controversy among scientists, environmentalists, and scholars for its political and scientific implications (Murphy 101 Carson 76). The main narrative of the book pictured a silent life where there were no birds, because they were killed by DDT (hence the title, Silent Spring). The book also drew the world’s attention to the harmful properties of DDT by reporting its many harmful effects on wildlife, the environment, and human health. Some of the public uproar against the use of DDT that occurred in the 1950s and 1960s stemmed from the book.
Particularly, the book highlighted the environmental destruction caused by the pesticide, DDT (Carson 21). Silent Spring is a 1962 book that highlighted the environmental and health impacts of pesticides.
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