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Rachel Carson was an American hero. In the early 1960s, she was the first to warn that a pesticide called DDT could accumulate in the environment, the first to show that it could harm fish, birds, and other wildlife, the first to warn that its overuse would render it ineffective, and the first to predict that more natural means of pest control – like bacteria that killed mosquito larvae – should be used instead.
Unfortunately, the PBS documentary neglected to mention that in her groundbreaking book, Silent Spring, Carson had made one critical mistake – It cost millions of people their lives.
White Industrial nations eradicated Malaria then banned DDT before poor nations could, dooming millions of non whites to a horrible death.
Millions Died Thanks to the Mother of Environmentalism | Paul A. Offit
Unfortunately, the PBS documentary neglected to mention that in her groundbreaking book, Silent Spring, Carson had made one critical mistake – It cost millions of people their lives.
White Industrial nations eradicated Malaria then banned DDT before poor nations could, dooming millions of non whites to a horrible death.
Millions Died Thanks to the Mother of Environmentalism | Paul A. Offit