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Rachel Carson
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Rachel Carson: Silent Spring
- IDEA 1
Ecology is connected
Carson showed how pesticides moved through food chains, harming birds and threatening people. Nature is a web, and damage spreads.
- IDEA 2
Public right to know
She argued citizens deserve to know the risks of chemicals used around them. Transparency is part of environmental justice.
- IDEA 3
Science and courage
Despite industry attacks, Carson's careful evidence led to regulation. Speaking truth to power needs both rigour and nerve.
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