8-Rachel Carson (1962)
Silent Spring (1962) (jan 1, 1962 – jan 1, 1962)
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Environmentalism became more prominent in the 1960s. There was so much pollution but many Americans disregarded these issues.
A marine biologist Rachel Carson wrote silent spring to show the effects of DDT, an insecticide killing off plants.
She tried to convert the importance of the environment.
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