At the same time, classification plays an important role in understanding these complex figures that we still need to understand. At the same time, origin of species also relates to the chapter 1 because pesticides became a product that was meant to remove any bugs or insects. But, no one thought the pesticides, atrazine, DDT, and PCBs, would lead to breast cancer for women in Illinois. When I read this chapter, I did not expect pesticides to be a cause of breast cancer. Normally, they are just to get rid of bugs and insects from plants and would have thought it cause one of the worst cancer in women.
The controversy surrounding Atrazine started when the Syngenta company invited Tyrone Hayes, who was then a faculty member in UC Berkeley’s Biology department, to conduct some simple experiments on the herbicide. At first, Hayes got along with the other scientists at the company and everything seemed to be going relatively well. It was only when Hayes concluded in his that Atrazine might have adverse effects on the sexual development of frogs, that the relationship between Hayes and Syngenta started to go downhill, causing Hayes to resign from his job within the company and start studying the effects of Atrazine on his own. The controversy surrounding the topic really just boils down to Hayes VS Syngenta in the fight over what the effects of Atrazine really are, and if the herbicide is really safe to use in America’s agriculture.
Carson appeals to the arousal of the basic emotions, such as the arousal of fear in the public. Carson also appeals to pathos, or the emotions, by questioning the “highly intelligent” creators of these pesticides. Carson believes irrational bad decisions based on faulty evidence threaten the future existence of mankind. “Along with the possibility of the extinction of mankind by nuclear war, the central problem of our age has therefore become the contamination of man’s total environment with such substances of incredible potential for harm-substances that accumulate in the tissues of plants and animals and even penetrate the germ cells to shatter or alter the very material of heredity upon which the shape of the future depends.” However, the statement supports Carson’s intention to present a persuasive, and logical point of view without confusing the reader; suggesting she ment to go against a patient audience rather than an impatient one.
Carson is spreading the word about pesticides to anyone who wants to know because she believes that its the people right to know and that the governments and organizations should not be hiding information about them. Towards the end of Chapter 7 I feel as if this quote is directed right at the public “The question is whether any civilization can wage relentless war on life without destroying itself, and without losing the right to be called civilized. ”(98). Another example of Carson’s tone is that there are many places throughout the book that shes use the word “our” as referring to everyone in the world.
After watching Alyse Shacter speak about obsessive compulsion disorder (OCD), there were a few things that did surprise me. To begin with, I was surprised that her classmates were extremely helpful with her OCD and offering to carry her to class so she wouldn’t miss class. Even though her parents were the ones that spoke to the class about Alyse ’s
ENVCUL Module 13 Discussion Assignment Question #4 Rachel Carson’s opinion on pesticides differed from the scientists and chemical companies she criticized because those scientists and chemical companies claimed spraying pesticides on agricultural fields was necessary to ensure Americans and the rest of the world got enough food to eat. One of her opponents and representative of the chemical industry, Dr. Robert White-Stevens, warned of “starvation, disease, and death if pesticide use was restricted (478).” Although Carson didn’t disagree that pests need to be controlled, she thought the ever increasing toxicity of pesticides used and their unfettered application was dangerous. Unchecked, people would eventually suffer from side effects.
Birds across the United States are disappearing after towns are sprayed with pesticides. Dutch elm disease, a fungal disease brought to the U.S. from Europe, has invaded many cities in New England causing a need for abundant DDT spraying. The spraying of the Elm trees poisoned earthworms, which in turn lead to a drastic decrease in the number of robins that eat them. The DDT does not directly kill the robins, but it makes them sterile meaning they will be the last generation of robins. Many other species of birds die when trees are sprayed with insecticides because insects are their primary source of food.
One of the big environmental issues here in Connecticut over the past few years is the high dying rate of bees. It has been reported by some of our local beekeepers that they are losing about 30% of all honeybee colonies each winter. This has adversely affected Connecticut’s almond, apple, strawberries and alfalfa productions, and costing millions annually. Scientists have identified several possible causative factors which include global warming, habitat loss, parasites and insecticides. Ethical extensionism, the argument that environmental ethics that moral standing should to be extended to things that traditionally are not thought to have moral standing, would argue that it is morally wrong to use insecticides that are killing local bee
The production of this herbicide ended in the 1970s and is no longer used. The chemical dioxin left many harmful impacts and still affects people today. The chemical was used by the U.S. Military during the Vietnam War. “The herbicides were sprayed over about 24 percent of southern Vietnam, destroying 5 million acres of upland and mangrove forests and about 500,000 acres of crops, a total area nearly the size of Massachusetts”. When Agent Orange was used, it was about 20 times the recommended concentration for killing plants.
In 2009, former Prime Minister Tony Abbott published his political autobiography ‘Battlelines' where he infamously stated “of course these climatic changes had little or nothing to do with human activity.” Whilst this statement is of course laughable, it is simultaneously disturbing. Politics has failed to evolve from theocratic times of the 17th centuary. Many Australians still live in clueless opposition to the veracity of climate change. What startles me the most is that just a mere few months ago our nation was ruled by a man who was fuelling this skepticism which even despite the evidence, people sycophantically and foolishly believed.
In today’s world, there are many people creating new chemical substances that has negative effect to our world. Rachel Carson, in her article "The Obligation to Endure" argues that the pesticides and other chemicals we use are harmful to more than just the environment. I agree with Carson in her article, in that we should reduce most of the harmful chemical use and instead use technological inventions. Carson is a person who seems very passionate about the environment and is very concerned of its inhabitants. It is hard to believe that intelligent human beings would use bad chemicals substances that would affect the environment and themselves negatively.
The Notebook There is something that ensures uniqueness about everyone: backgrounds, talents, interests, and identities. Deep inside, a defining character which completes and gives meaning to our lives. My father once told me growing up in a large family gave one a sense of living in the real world. To me, it meant learning to make sacrifices for the greater good and being satisfied with what little I was given. To say in the least, I did not feel special and would cry myself to sleep in the self-induced loneliness of my bed, praying with all my might that I would wake up one morning, an only child.
INTRODUCTION Silent Spring is a science book written by Rachel Carson an eminent nature author and published by Houghton Mifflin on September 27, 1962, touching the topics related to Ecology, Pesticides and Environmentalism. The book is a detailed discussion on the harmful effects of pesticides on the environment and the related health issues faced by the human beings on being exposed to this polluted environment. The author has supported her views with appropriate scientific evidences and researches. In her book Carson directly accuses the chemical industry for manufacturing such chemical poison for their economic interests, which are harmful to the whole environment and brings about an imbalance among the elements of nature. THEME
Imagine having so much pesticides in use that people and animals were actually dying from it. In the 1950’s the overuse of pesticides was a serious problem. Rachel Carson was an activist who was against the use and overuse for these pesticides. She wanted to address this problem to the government and the public and warn about the harmful effects pesticides have on the environment and the people. In “A Fable For Tomorrow”, Rachel Carson utilizes ethos, logos and pathos in order to bring awareness to the overuse of pesticides.
This is what makes it approachable not only to the Scientifics but also to general public. Rachel Carson directs to the popular audience and not only the limited scientific one. She knew that for a complete society change regarding the use of pesticides, the general public is as or more important than the specific scientific public. A big effort had to be made in order to accomplish this goal.
