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Rachel carson

(1907 - 1964)

1. Difficult words

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2. Her life

3. Her achievements

4. Her impact

1-Difficult words

DDT (dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane): Toxic pesticide

Pesticide: Chimical substance

Insecticide: Pesticide

2-her life

  • May 27, 1907
  • Springdale
  • Family farm
  • 1925: High School
  • 1932: Master's degree

3-her Achievements

  • 1935: Temporary job in the U.S. Bureau of Fisherie
  • 1936: Full-time job

Trilogy

Under the Sea-Wind

1941

1951

The Sea Around Us

1955

The Edge of the Sea

  • National Book Award
  • 86 weeks: best-seller list

Scientific knowledge and poetry

DDT

  • 1945: Take an interest in DDT
  • 1939: 1st most used pesticide
  • 1950: Starts to fight against DDT


  • 1962 (next slide)

Silent Spring

(1962)

  • Impact of pesticides
  • John Fitzgerald Kennedy read it
  • Testified in the Senate
  • 1964: Passed away

her Impact

  • 1972: DDT prohibited
  • Relationship between human & nature
  • Criticism: hysterical, lesbian and agent for the USSR


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