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Happy birthday to marine biologist & conservationist Rachel Carson (1907-1964)! After publishing the sea trilogy in the 40s & 50s, when she published Silent Spring in 1962 she captured the world’s attention to the risks to health & environment posed by pesticides & DDT in particular. What was missing after indiscriminate spraying of DDT, to eliminate agricultural insect pests & for 🧵
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