Silent Spring At 40

Rachel Carson's classic is not aging well, Reason columnist Ronald Bailey writes.

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June 14, 2002, 5:00 AM PDT

The modern environmentalist movement was launched in June 1962, when excerpts from what would become Rachel Carson's anti-chemical landmark Silent Spring were published in The New Yorker. Reason Science Correspondent Ronald Bailey says her disciples have wasted tens of billions of dollars over the last four decades chasing imaginary risks without measurably improving American health.

Thanks to George Passantino

FULL STORY: Silent Spring at 40

Thursday, June 13, 2002 in Reason Online

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