In 1962 environmental scientist Rachel Carson published Silent Spring, a bestselling book that asserted that overuse of pesticides was harming the environment and threatening human health. Carson did not call for banning DDT, the most widely used pesticide at that time, but she argued for using it and similar products much more selectively and paying […] Read more
Opinion: Hearing the Silent Spring 60 years on
A reflection on what we’ve learned about pesticides since publication of the bestseller
