"[About reading Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, age 14,……" — Carl Safina

[About reading Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, age 14, in the back seat… - Carl Safina

"[About reading Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, age 14, in the back seat of his parents' sedan. I almost threw up. I got physically ill when I learned that ospreys and peregrine falcons weren't raising chicks because of what people were spraying on bugs at their farms and lawns. This was the first time I learned that humans could impact the environment with chemicals. [That a corporation would create a product that didn't operate as advertised] was shocking in a way we weren't inured to."

— Carl Safina

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