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DDT Pesticide As Portrayed In Silent Spring By Rachel Carson

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diagnosed with breast cancer and fell terribly ill. She died in 1964 just two years after publishing Silent Spring. Carson never truly got the opportunity to witnesses all the environmental changes that happened because of her novel.

Importance: Rachel Carson was compelled to write her novel Silent Spring after receiving a devastating letter from her friend Olga Hawkins. In the letter, Hawkin expressed how the effects of DDT pesticide sprayed in her bird sanctuary without her permission poisoned and killed her birds. This new DDT pesticide was first introduced in 1947 as a breakthrough for killing insects. The movement was pushed forward by women, who were advertised using the product to show how easy and safe DDT was. However, the
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