The publication of Silent Spring (a widely read and highly influential popular account of the environmental and health effects of pesticides) by Rachel Carson in 1962 was a key driving force in raising this concern.
In 1962, Rachel Carson's Silent Spring questioned the safety of heptachlor and other chlorinated insecticides.
Rachel Carson brought the issue of DDT pesticide toxicity to public awareness with her 1962 book Silent Spring.
In 1986, the National Nutritional Foods Association gave Mendelsohn its annual Rachel Carson Memorial Award for his "concerns for the protection of the American consumer and health freedoms."
RV Rachel Carson is the name of three research vessels, named after the American marine biologist and conservationist Rachel Carson.
He is best remembered as one of the inspirations for author and environmental scientist, Rachel Carson.
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Rachel Carson is considered the mother of environmental toxicology, as she made it a distinct field within toxicology in 1962 with the publication of her book Silent Spring, which covered the effects of uncontrolled pesticide use.
Modern industrial agriculture—the "Green Revolution" — was based on the development of synthetic fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides which had devastating consequences for rural wildlife, as documented by American marine biologist, naturalist and environmentalist Rachel Carson in Silent Spring (1962).
In 1962, the Darlings' friend Roger Tory Peterson suggested to author Rachel Carson that Louis and Lois be hired to illustrate her forthcoming book, Silent Spring.
In 1962, the Darlings' friend Roger Tory Peterson suggested to author Rachel Carson that they be hired to illustrate her forthcoming book, Silent Spring.
Another 16 bills were introduced in the 112th United States Congress (January 3, 2011 to January 3, 2013), to commemorate everything from World War I veterans to environmentalist Rachel Carson to fair housing.
His illustrations were also used in such works as Wildlife in America by Peter Matthiessen, and in Rachel Carson's Under the Sea Wind.
Among the contributors to the magazine were editor Gene Gauntier, and authors Temple Bailey, Ellis Parker Butler, Rachel Carson, Arthur Guiterman, Shirley Jackson, Anita Loos, Neysa McMein, Kathleen Norris, Sylvia Schur, John Steinbeck, Willa Cather, and P. G. Wodehouse.
Students move to Quince Orchard High School if they went to Brown Station or Rachel Carson elementary schools and those who went to Darnestown Elementary School go on to attend Northwest High School.
Therefore, NOAA and the state of North Carolina created a multi-component reserve with the following sites: Currituck Banks (960 acres near Corolla), Rachel Carson (2,625 acres near Beaufort), Masonboro Island (5,097 acres near Wrightsville Beach) and Zeke’s Island (1,165 acres near Kure Beach).
The Rachel Carson Center's directors are Christof Mauch of LMU Munich and Helmuth Trischler of the Deutsches Museum.
The Rachel Carson Conservation Park is a 650-acres park located near Laytonsville, in Montgomery County, Maryland.
The Rachel Carson Greenway would include a set of three existing trails, including the Northwest Branch trail in Silver Spring, Woodlawn Manor trails in Sandy Spring and Rachel Carson Conservation Park trails near Laytonsville.
Rachel Carson Homestead, Rachel Carson's birthplace and childhood home in Springdale, Pennsylvania, also listed on the NRHP as Rachel Carson House
Her sisters include the 50 foot Gulf Challenger, operated by the University of New Hampshire, the 55 foot Fay Slover, operated by the Old Dominion University, and the 81 foot Rachel Carson operated by the University of Maryland.