"These sprays, dusts, and aerosols are now applied almost universally to farms, gardens, forests, and homes-nonselective
chemicals that have the power to kill every insect, the good and the 'bad," to still the song of birds and the leaping of fish in
the streams, to coat the leaves with a deadly film, and to linger on in the soil-all this though the intended target may be only a
few weeds or insects. Can anyone believe it is possible to lay down such a barrage of poisons on the surface of the earth without
making it unfit for all life?"
- excerpt from Silent Spring, Rachel Carson (1962)
Using the excerpt, the book Silent Spring lead to
the establishment of conservation movement.
Eliminate
the creation of wastewater treatment centers.
a ban of the production of CFCs (Chlorofluorocarbons).
D)
a ban of the use of DDT's () on farms.