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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Summary, Etc. Note: |
Summary: Describes the background of Rachel Carson and her book, discusses the question of pesticides as it stands today and shows what the average citizen can do to change the situation. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: Part 1. The controversy : -- The genesis ; the synthesis ; a most curious affair ; the counterattack ; the public controversy ; the widening protest -- Part 2. The Circle of evidence : -- Miss Carson's "nightmares" unfold ; Tainted waters ; "We have reached these conclusions" ; The human toll ; the unknown ; in the scales -- Part 3. The flow of knowledge : -- The muddies sources ; the message -- Part 4. The uncertain defenders : -- Washington begins to stir ; Predators and Poisons ; The toxic field of mars ; The two faces of public health ; "Biological weaklings and prosperous ignoramuses" ; The Spray's the thing -- Part 5. A light at the end of the road : -- Toward a court of last resort ; Toward a complex community -- Safer pesticides for home and garden / by Shirley A. Briggs -- Federal registration requirements for pesticide products / by Harold G. Alford -- In memoriam. |
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Additional Physical Forms: |
Online version: Graham, Frank, 1925- Since Silent spring. Boston : Houghton-Mifflin, 1970 (OCoLC)594920233 |
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Online version: Graham, Frank, 1925- Since Silent spring. Boston : Houghton-Mifflin, 1970 (OCoLC)604221931 |