Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring" — Part 14 | The Archive Project

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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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Records of the U.S. Agency for Global Media

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Video Tape Programs and Worldnet Broadcasts

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1993-01-01

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3:47

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