Silent Spring
A work by Rachel Carson, first published in 1962
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What korrents draws from it
Contaminating air, land, rivers and sea with dangerous and even lethal materials is humanity's most alarming assault on the environment, The objection is not to all insecticide use but to handing potent poisons indiscriminately to the largely or wholly ignorant, Huge numbers of people have been exposed to pesticides without their consent and often without their knowledge …
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- There are 20 claims from it on korrents, each quoted word for word.
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What korrents draws from it
korrents’ reading of claims quoted word for word from the book; each opens the quote and where it sits.
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Contaminating air, land, rivers and sea with dangerous and even lethal materials is humanity's most alarming assault on the environment (opens korrents.com)1
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The objection is not to all insecticide use but to handing potent poisons indiscriminately to the largely or wholly ignorant (opens korrents.com)1
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Huge numbers of people have been exposed to pesticides without their consent and often without their knowledge (opens korrents.com)1
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The public must decide whether to stay on the present course, and can do so only with all the facts (opens korrents.com)1
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Pesticides were allowed into use with little or no advance study of effects on soil, water, wildlife and people (opens korrents.com)1
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Future generations are unlikely to condone our lack of prudent care for the natural world that supports all life (opens korrents.com)1
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