The environment has always been a part of history. During the 1960s people started wonder how the environment affects their everyday life. Thus, this started the modern environmental movement. People wanted a pure, intact, appealing environment. Most of all, they wanted the environment to be safe. They wanted it to be safe for their children, for the animals, and for a better quality of life. In 1962, the New York Times best-seller Silent Spring by Rachel Carson sparked society’s interest in the environment. She wrote about the harmful effects of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT), a pesticide that agricultural farmers had started using at the beginning a World War I to rid their crops of insects and other critters that might eat the products. There was a mass growth of supporters in the environmental movement. People had recently discovered how their actions were harmful toward their environment and wanted to do something about it. They wanted cleaner …show more content…
They create a large amount of waste that leak into ponds and other water sources. A number of spills have been recorded by the EPA since the 1970s. The amount of waste created by factory farms excels sixty million tons every year, which is about 130 times the amount of human waste produced each year. Many chemicals, such as arsenic and copper, and bacteria and virus are existent in the fecal matter. This considerable amount of excrement makes it easy for airborne diseases to spread, and for bacteria and virus into soil and water. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have found many contaminants in the waste water. Many of the chemicals are released into the air, and some can draw oxygen from water, resulting in deaths of fish. The chemicals in the air also breathing hazard, as most of these chemicals are toxic. This often results in sickness of humans and animals. Animals are often given antibiotics to help make them immune to the toxic