DDT came into common use around 1939 (though ... Carson spent much of 1958 to 1962 researching and writing the book that would be Silent Spring. She brought a rare trio of assets to this work ...

A widespread and commonly used pesticide that has been called “the new DDT” has been found in elevated levels in some of the state’s largest rivers, causing potential harm to aquatic ecosystems and ...

“The nightmare legacy of DDT continues to rear its ugly head,” said attorney Charlie Tebbutt. “Since Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, the world has known of DDT’s destructive impacts. It is time for the ...

And so the deadly ‘Dengue Season,’ not to mention the onset of the paralysing Chikungunya [read D/Mirror Headlines of 4 Feb ...

Rachel Carson’s book Silent Spring was a landmark in the development of the modern environmental movement. Her scientific perspective about the effect of pesticides on the natural world sparked ...

When there were only four pairs of bald eagles left in Ohio, the birds were moved to Ottawa, Sandusky and Lucas counites.

Rachel Carson had released her book Silent Spring, which highlighted the hazards of the pesticide DDT and questioned humanity's faith in technological progress. Carson's book influenced social change ...

When the story of its poisoning by DDT was popularized in Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, a nascent environmental movement rallied around it: the great raptor was one of the first species listed under ...

Bald Eagle populations fell when DDT caused the shells of their eggs to soften ... While it’s probably difficult to imagine, at one time in history the idea of experiencing a silent spring was a real ...