The University of Kansas is holding a special event examining the controversy surrounding Rachel Carson, called Voices from the Margins. This will be June 7 at 6:30 pm at the Spencer Museum of Art."Please join us for an exploration of the change and controversy ignited by biologist Rachel Carson (1907-1964), author of Silent Spring (1962). The film, Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, originally broadcast as part of the award-winning PBS history series “American Experience,” chronicles reactions to Carson’s views and efforts to discredit her work."
I will be covering this since I have a special interest in Rachel Carson.
Update: Here's another Rachel Carson post on her upcoming 100th birthday. (Tip of the antennae to Rebecca over at Pocahontis County Fare for this post.)
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Thanks for the link to your previous post about Rachel Carson. I've only been following your blog a few months, but I see I will be reading some "back issues" soon.
I hadn't realized people were Carson-bashing again, or that they had "forgotten" about the DDT-resistance issue. I feel sure there would have been no DDT ban had DDT not lost much of its efficacy, especially for dipterans.
By chance, I also posted about Rachel Carson today.
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