... I would wonder why I had not been told this before. Carson also describes how DDT could contaminate the entire world food supply. She talks about how when animals or even humans ate something contaminated by DDT, it got into their fatty tissue and had the potential to cause cancer and genetic damage. Reading this book, I ... every generation is to be better than the last one. Therefore, every time we invented something new, we probably felt as if we were doing what we were supposed to do: progressing as a society. However, this book points out how sometimes technological advances are at ...

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... pesticides have had on the environment. Along with these facts, she explains how in many occasions the pesticides have done more harm than good in eliminating the pests they were supposed to destroy. Carson points out that many of the long-term effects that these chemicals may have on the environment, as well as us humans, are still unknown in addition ... pesticides on the natural environment. Her main concern was the government's use of chemical pesticides such as DDT, a colorless substance used as an insecticide that is toxic to humans and animals when swallowed or absorbed through t...

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... pesticides have had on the environment. Along with these facts, she explains how in many occasions the pesticides have done more harm than good in eliminating the pests they were supposed to destroy. Carson points out that many of the long-term effects that these chemicals may have on the environment, as well as us humans, are still unknown in addition ... pesticides on the natural environment. Her main concern was the government's use of chemical pesticides such as DDT, a colorless substance used as an insecticide that is toxic to humans and animals when swallowed or absorbed through t...

• Word Count: 1478
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• Has Bibliography