Rachel Carson: Fighting Pesticides and Other Chemical PollutantsRachel Carson was a marine writer, biologist, and ecologist whose work inspired millions to take seriously the danger that human activity poses to the environment. She both revealed the wonders of the natural world and exposed the sinister threat to that world posed by DDT and other pesticides. |
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Rachel Carson: Fighting Pesticides and Other Chemical Pollutants Patricia Lantier No preview available - 2009 |
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