The book silent spring, can be said to be one of the major factors pushing and encouraging the American environmental movement during the 1970, and also credited for the facilitation towards the ban of the pesticide DDT(dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane). The book was written by Rachel Carson a well-known writer on natural history, and the book was published by Houghton Mifflin on 27th September, 1962.
The book "Silent Spring" was used by Rachel Carson as a means of sharing the effect of this pesticide on the environment, humans(when consumed) and on birds whom are one of the biggest species of pest affected by the chemical component of the pesticide. The book described in details the history and effect of those various chemical pesticides which were at that time, being widely used on American farms and lawns with lots of it mostly focused on the toxic DDT. She was able to describe this dangerous chemical starting from the way it was being mad, to the way it was being used, and finishing with the way in which it affected the environment. This lead to raising the biggest ever reactions by citizens over an issue concerning the environment.
The book was a hit not because of the writers popularity, not because because of the show about Carson which were aired on CBS which also helped in increasing her popularity in some ways, but mainly because of supinely amazing contents which lived in it. The book is still important until tomorrow and deserves to be put among the list of most important things in Human history, because the book did not just come out and stop the use/production of the pesticide DDT, but also it can also be said to be one of the leading factor behind Environmentalism as we know it today.
K.M.J
K.M.J
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