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How did Silent Spring launch the environmental movement?
It was the first book to discuss the beauty found in nature.
It documented the harmful effects of pesticides on the environment, bringing major attention to environmental issues.
It warned that damage to the environment would result in a change of seasons.
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Rachel Carson’s 1962 book documented the harmful effects of pesticides (especially DDT) on wildlife, ecosystems, and human health. Its combination of scientific evidence and vivid writing galvanized public concern, prompted congressional hearings and policy changes (including the eventual DDT ban and the creation of the EPA), and helped spark the modern environmental movement. The other two choices are incorrect: it wasn’t simply a book about nature’s beauty, and its “silent spring” image was metaphorical (fewer birds), not a literal warning about changing seasons.
Rachel Carson’s 1962 book documented the harmful effects of pesticides (especially DDT) on wildlife, ecosystems, and human health. Its combination of scientific evidence and vivid writing galvanized public concern, prompted congressional hearings and policy changes (including the eventual DDT ban and the creation of the EPA), and helped spark the modern environmental movement. The other two choices are incorrect: it wasn’t simply a book about nature’s beauty, and its “silent spring” image was metaphorical (fewer birds), not a literal warning about changing seasons.
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