5/11/2023 0 Comments Silent spring![]() ![]() By the time Barack Obama signed the Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act into law in 2016-the first major upgrade in the EPA’s ability to regulate and test chemicals since the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976-the number of chemicals used in agriculture had risen to an average of 1,500 a year in the US alone. Chemicals were big business by the mid-20th century: between 19, Carson reported that production rose from 124m to 637m pounds (562m kg to 2,889m kg) every year, an “endless stream” which yearly introduced about “500 new chemicals to which the bodies of animals and men are somehow expected to adapt.” This was only the first hints of a far more ingrained problem Carson would be stunned by today’s figures. The first was through her compelling scientific evidence, which showed the drive for constant economic growth came with a high environmental price. What makes Carson’s book so powerful is how she crafted her message out of two distinct parts. ![]()
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