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>>The awareness she helped raise contributed to the founding of the EPA and the banning of DDT. ..and caused the deaths of millions of people to malaria [1] [
by gadders 8y ago
>>The awareness she helped raise contributed to the founding of the EPA and the banning of DDT.
..and caused the deaths of millions of people to malaria [1]
[1] https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-rachel-carson-cost-millions-of-people-their-lives https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-rachel-carson-cost-million...
- gowld 8y agoThat's a controversial claim. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DDT#Criticism_of_restrictions_on_DDT_use https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DDT#Criticism_of_restrictions_... and you have to balance the effects of reduced DDT use (even if that did cause malaria resurgence) against the overall effects of getting public interest into the consequences of newly invented chemicals, and creating the EPA and general oversight of pesticides.