2001-2002
Silent Spring
by
Rachel Carson

The author of The Sea Around Us is concerned "with the fast growing indiscriminate use of chemical insecticides and weed killers. She asks the question whether such use may not be dangerously affecting our environment, gravely damaging wildlife and creating a hazard to men. She answers this question with a disturbing 'yes,' which is documented by . . . case histories.  . . . Miss Carson does not suggest that modern pest control be abandoned.  . . . She is pressing for a thoroughgoing research program to enable men to learn to use pesticides safely and effectively and to reduce their use to a minimum by developing alternative means of keeping bugs in check." (Christian Science Monitor)

Time Magazine's "100 most important" biography of Rachel Carson

The "Homestead" site, devoted to Carson's life and legacy

The Silent Spring Institute-- The environment and women's health

The Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge