Silent Spring: Pesticides In the book Silent Spring, written by Rachel Carson reminds us of how the effort to control insects in the past has created problems in our ecosystem including animals, plants and human. Rachel Carson explained the effect of pesticides in our environment and how animals, plants food were the victims of man’s obsession to control pests without realizing the potential treat that would cause serious problems in the ecosystem. Due to Silent Spring, people began to realize the negative impact that pesticides can have. Not only these substances killing target pests, but they were also killing animals, getting into water supplies, and killin....

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