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This clip is Part 1 of a 15-part film.
Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring" Part 1
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The agency provided description reads as follows: This episode chronicles the life of Rachel Carson, a US biologist, well known for her writings on environmental pollution and natural history of the sea. Her controversial, book, "Silent Spring," which she was encouraged to write after noting the unregulated use of chemicals, especially DDT, sparked a revolution in government environmental policy and ecological consciousness. The producer of this video is Neil Goodwin.
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