Silent Spring was a book written by Rachel Carson in 1960-something. It detailed how the use and over-use of pesticides, mainly DDT, can directly and indirectly cause the decimation of the environment. This book was so critically acclaimed that it is believed to be basis for the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Because of this, Rachel Carson has been referred to as, in some people's opinion, nothing less than the modern day Gaia. She has single-handedly notified the world about the real destruction that was occurring in nature and the real consequences that were forming from the destruction. Her efforts have banned the use of the formerly-thought-of-as-safe DDT and have attracted attention towards other potentially dangerous pesticides.
However, her book mainly illustrates the effect that pesticides have on environment and wildlife. She also discuss their effects on humans, but only on humans who live in countries who can fund this type of pest control. Those who live in poorer countries are subject to disease that is transmitted through pests. If these people want relief, they must use mosquito nets provided to them by non-profit organizations and other methods that don't involve the use of pesticides. It has been thought of as unfair for those who use the mosquito nets to not be offered the choice of controlling their environment like their western hemisphere counterparts and to use pesticides.
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