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Silent Spring was a book written by Rachel Carson and published in 1962,
about the detrimental effect pesticides were having on the environment, and
especially on birds.

The book was widely read and drew public attention to this problem. It was
part of the impetus for the banning of the pesticide DDT in the United
States. As described in detail in the article on its author, the book was
controversial at the time of its publication. It attracted hostile attention
from commentators associated with the chemical industry.

Of the criticisms levelled at the book, the one most commonly cited today is
that its suggestion: that the increase in the proportion of deaths in
childhood caused by cancer was a consequence of an increase in the
background level of carcinogens, was culpably misleading in ignoring the
contribution to the absolute reduction of the childhood death rate of
immunization and antibiotics.

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