Learning Objectives

1. Examine the ideas presented in Silent Spring and the country’s reaction to those ideas.
2. Examine the impact of pesticide use on wildlife and the environment.
3. Recognize Silent Spring as a forerunner of the environmental movement.

Advance Reading

1. The Environmental History of DDT and Silent Spring. Support slide presentation on Lecture 2 page for self-study.
2. USEPA History of DDT (review available information).
3. ATSDR Toxicological Profile for DDT, DDE, DDD (Download pdf and review the "Public Health Statement" pp 1-13.

Resources

Keywords

• Bioaccumulation
• DDT
• Persistent chemical

Suggested Reading

1. Rachel L. Carson, Silent Spring. Houghton Mifflin Company.
2. RachelCarson.org