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'Silent Spring' 60 years on: 4 essential reads on pesticides and the environment

  • Written by Jennifer Weeks, Senior Environment + Energy Editor, The Conversation
imageSpraying from either a ground-based vehicle or an airplane is a common method for applying pesticides.Edwin Remsburg/VW Pics via Getty Images

In 1962 environmental scientist Rachel Carson published “Silent Spring,” a bestselling book that asserted that overuse of pesticides was harming the environment and threatening human health....

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