Rachel Carson

Rachel Carson's book questioned what idea?

• human involvement in the environment

• protesting the war

• political leadership in Washington

• the U.S. tactics in Vietnam

Carson's concern was over DDT which was being tested as a(n)

• diet drug

• insecticide

• trans fat

• chemical weapon for warfare

DDT was used during WW2 to combat what?

• shell shock

• cancer

• enemy encroachment

• diseases carried by insects

Carson claimed that DDT was detrimental to wildlife.

• True

• False

What was the name of Carson's ground breaking book about the detrimental affects of DDT?

• Insecticide is suiciide

• Quiet Winters

• Silent Spring

• DDT and the environment