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| Silent Spring | 
| Author: Rachel Carson
Creators: Edward O. Wilson, Linda Lear
Publisher: Mariner Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  135 reviews
Sales Rank: 3387
Format: Special Edition
Media: Paperback
Edition: 104
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 400
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.4 x 0.9
ISBN: 0618249060
Dewey Decimal Number: 363.7384
UPC: 046442249065
EAN: 9780618249060
ASIN: 0618249060
Publication Date: October 22, 2002
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 bad environmentalism costs lives April 8, 2003
26 out of 51 found this review helpful
What followed was a malaria epidemic the likes of which South Africa had never seen. The death rate increased tenfold, but in 2000 South Africa re-introduced DDT spraying and malaria was reduced by 80 percent.
No longer a classic, read the truth April 3, 2003
22 out of 42 found this review helpful
Read about the scourge of Malaria and people who could've been saved by DDT. A plague on the Africans from this book.
 Rachel Carson Drives Her Point Home March 19, 2003
9 out of 16 found this review helpful
Suppose an individual is in a time machine that is stopped during the period of the release of Carson's book "Silent Spring." The environment is headed in a downward spiral, and any voice that speaks out against new methods of chemically destroying pests is suppressed by the strength of the government and its scientists. But in this moment, Carson defies the odds and strikes against these giant foes by releasing her literary arsenal upon the scientists and their chemical pesticides. By using specific examples, overwhelming amounts of facts, and well thought out scenarios, "Silent Spring" powerfully assaults the use of chemical pesticides on farms in the world.
Carson, one who had her M.A. in zoology and was chief editor for all publications of the United States Fish and Wildlife Services, was the perfect individual to speak out against pesticides such as DDT in this "David and Goliath" match-up. Carson begins her book by playing out a scenario, one that could have occurred if the effects of DDT had not been exposed. By using vivid diction and a foreboding tone, Carson effectively portrays to her worldwide audience the horrifying effects that some chemical pesticides have on the environment. Carson then breaks the book down into sections that give specific examples of chemical pesticides harming nature, and then produces many facts and figures related to the use of these chemical pesticides. She also goes on to offer possible solutions to the problem, and gives possible outcomes in a manner that reflects Robert Frost's work "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening." She explains that the road "less traveled by" is the one that consists of a pesticide free world, where nature can continue to grow and expand. She explains the well-beaten path as the one that may be easy at that time, but would eventually lead to death and destruction in the world. This very powerful comparison helps to strike fear into the hearts of people in the world, which helped to create an outcry against DDT and other harmful chemical pesticides.
This very inspirational work was one of the main reasons that harmful chemical pesticides such as DDT were removed from farms all around the world. Her work just may have saved the world from almost certain natural destruction. Individuals all around the world owe Rachel Carson a great debt for her efforts in writing this book. Thank you, Rachel Louise Carson.
people dead from malaria March 2, 2003
17 out of 43 found this review helpful
People have died from malaria because of this book. DDT could've helped those in dire need.
 Silent Spring Blew My Mind February 10, 2003
5 out of 8 found this review helpful
I found this book to be very, very informative. It brought up many points that alot of people have probably never even thought of. The concept of humans doing such unspeakable and irreversable things to our environment is a scary reality.
The way that Rachel Carson used real examples and incedents made me realize that these kind of things are real, and that no matter how much we ignore these problems, they will persist. Many of these issues could be easily resolved, or at least the results of our misconduct lessened, if we realized the severity of these actions and did a few simple things to reduce such misconduct.
As far as the actual writing was concerned, I was a little lost at first. Carson's language was written differently than I'm used to reading. However, as I read more of the book, I found it easier to understand what she was saying. The book had a good structure and I found it easy and very interesting to read once I understood.
The author must have conducted a vast amount of research before writing this book. There is an absolutely tremendous quantity of information in its pages.
If nothing else, you should read this just to learn about what is really going on out there. Its kind of scary to find out what we are getting ourselves into without even fully understanding the consequenses. Hopefully, we will realize what we are doing to our earth before it's to late. This book does an excellent job of making you realize that we are eventually going to regret what we have done, and what we continue to do. I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in the earth, conservationism and to anyone who wants to find out what kind of world their children will be living in.
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