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Article: Rachel Carson: Witness for Nature.
- Article from:
- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- May 16, 1998
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RACHEL CARSON: WITNESS FOR NATURE. By Linda Lear. Allen Lane; 634 pages; K25. Henry Holt; $35
EVER since 1962, when the publication of "Silent Spring" made Americans more aware of the risks posed by chemical pesticides, Rachel Carson has symbolised all that is inspiring-and annoying-about environmental campaigners. To other greens, she is a heroine who stood up to vested interests in government and big business. To her critics, she is an alarmist who used scientific evidence selectively and failed to appreciate that new technology brought huge benefits, as well as risks.
Linda Lear, an academic at George Washington University, is too sympathetic to her ...
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...Rachel Carson is arguably most renowned among authors ... ridden planet in her 1962 book ``Silent Spring.'' Park Sung-rae, science historian ... a spring without voices.'' ``Silent Spring,'' serialized in the New Yorker ...
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