An Interactive Annotated World Bibliography of Printed and Digital Works in the History of Medicine and the Life Sciences from Circa 2000 BCE to 2022 by Fielding H. Garrison (1870-1935), Leslie T. Morton (1907-2004), and Jeremy M. Norman (1945- ) Traditionally Known as “Garrison-Morton”

15961 entries, 13944 authors and 1935 subjects. Updated: March 22, 2024

CARSON, Rachel Louise

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Silent spring.

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1962.

This very carefully documented book convincingly proved the disastrous effects of DDT in the environment, and generated a storm of controversy. It was later credited with founding the "environmental movement" in the United States; it is also credited with founding the science of of ecotoxicology.



Subjects: BIOLOGY › Ecology / Environment, TOXICOLOGY › Ecotoxicology, WOMEN, Publications by › Years 1900 - 1999