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Biological Pest Control In Silent Spring By Rachel Carson

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Silent Spring, an environmental science book, is one of Rachel Carson's most influential piece she has ever written. It started with a suit was filed from landowners in Long Island against the spraying. Yes, the suit was lost, yet the Supreme Court granted others the right to gain injunctions against potential environmental damage in the future. This did help to lay the basis for later environmental actions. While her research progressed, she met scientists who were also documenting physiological and environmental effects of pesticides. She discovered 2 scientific camps that knew the dangers of spraying and came to the conclusion that their possibly was an alternative like biological pest control. Her research at the Library of Medicine of
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