For the first time in the history of the world, every human being is now subjected to contact with dangerous chemicals, from the moment of conception until death.

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Rachel Louise Carson (May 27, 1907 – April 14, 1964) was an American marine biologist, writer, and conservationist whose influential book Silent Spring (1962) and other writings are credited with advancing the global environmental movement.

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