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MárciaW<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@GMWatch" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>GMWatch</span></a></span> Very informative website. This for example:<br><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/Ecocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ecocide</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/NoGMO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoGMO</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/ChemicalWarfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChemicalWarfare</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/Agroecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Agroecology</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/SilentSpring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SilentSpring</span></a></p>
David Hembrow<p>Today, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://todon.eu/@jhembrow" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>jhembrow</span></a></span> and I took part in the Extinction Rebellion protest against pesticide use, especially the extra high level of usage for growing flowers.<br>Why do we still have to do this, 63 years after "Silent Spring" was published ?<br><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/xr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>xr</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/bollenteelt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bollenteelt</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/extinctionrebellion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extinctionrebellion</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/drenthe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>drenthe</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/assen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>assen</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/silentspring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>silentspring</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/rachelcarson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rachelcarson</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://climatejustice.global/@xrdrenthe" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>xrdrenthe</span></a></span></p>
Sweet Home Alaberta 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽<p>Yet another MSM article that fails to mention pollution when another dead orca is found. Fat soluable toxins get into the milk that newborns must then drink. A heavy load in mom means a heavy dose for the newborn. </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Orcas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Orcas</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/SilentSpring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SilentSpring</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/RachelCarson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RachelCarson</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/02/orca-whale-tahlequah-calf-grief" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/20</span><span class="invisible">25/jan/02/orca-whale-tahlequah-calf-grief</span></a></p><p><a href="https://whalesanddolphinsbc.com/education-parent/toxins-and-pollution/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">whalesanddolphinsbc.com/educat</span><span class="invisible">ion-parent/toxins-and-pollution/</span></a></p>
MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@ecosdelfuturo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ecosdelfuturo</span></a></span> <br>As we have just discovered, we live in a country where the population is so GD stupid they think measuring the temperature rise in Celsius means it's only happening in countries that are on the Metric system.</p><p>I'm serious. 😞<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GlobalWarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalWarming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SilentSpring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SilentSpring</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>What a bunch of hooey! Yes, Uranium is natural and should be kept in the ground!!! smh Hey, remember the ads that used to tout, "DDT is good for me!" Yeah, about that. Should we fear ALL chemicals? Of course not. More like, should we fear being LIED to by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigChemical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigChemical</span></a>, who have told us stuff was safe when in fact it wasn't. It seems the author doesn't want to acknowledge the harm done by greedy capitalists, and maybe she should start drinking Roundup to see how "safe" it is. smh.</p><p>"Uranium is natural."</p><p><a href="https://slate.com/technology/2024/09/silent-spring-rachel-carson-environment-chemicals-fear.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">slate.com/technology/2024/09/s</span><span class="invisible">ilent-spring-rachel-carson-environment-chemicals-fear.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChemicalIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChemicalIndustry</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateBrainwashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateBrainwashing</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KatieMacBride" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KatieMacBride</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilentSpring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SilentSpring</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Advertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Advertising</span></a></p>
John Autry<p>September 27, 1962</p><p>Rachel Carson's book indicting the pesticide industry, Silent Spring, was published.<br>The scientist (17 years with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) and writer demonstrated the connection between the excessive and ubiquitous use of DDT and its long-term effect on plants and animals. </p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/RachelCarson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RachelCarson</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/SilentSpring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SilentSpring</span></a></p><p>1/2</p>
MikeDunnAuthor<p>Today in Labor History September 27, 1962: Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring was published, ushering in the modern environmental movement and the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workingclass</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LaborHistory</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/rachelcarson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rachelcarson</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilentSpring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SilentSpring</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>activism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writer</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>author</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nonfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nonfiction</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstadon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstadon</span></a></span></p>
Uzi Bobuzi<p>20 books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just book covers. 16/20</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/20Books20Days" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>20Books20Days</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/20Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>20Books</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilentSpring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SilentSpring</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RachelCarson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RachelCarson</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>A Short History Of The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WholeEarthCatalog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WholeEarthCatalog</span></a> </p><p>Dan<br>July 5, 2020</p><p>"Who remembers the Whole Earth Catalog? Anyone?</p><p>"For some, the Whole Earth Catalog was the bible for all things green and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ecofriendly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ecofriendly</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/offgrid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>offgrid</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BackToNature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BackToNature</span></a>, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/enviromentally" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>enviromentally</span></a> conscious and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sustainable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sustainable</span></a>.</p><p>"If you think environmentalism is a new phenomenon you’d be wrong.</p><p>"The seeds of the movement were planted with the writings of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JohnMuir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JohnMuir</span></a> in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. But perhaps, even more so by the publication in 1854 of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HenryDavidThoreau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HenryDavidThoreau</span></a>’s influential masterpiece <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Walden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Walden</span></a>.</p><p>"The modern environmental movement can arguably be traced back to the publication of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RachelCarson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RachelCarson</span></a>’s classic <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilentSpring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SilentSpring</span></a> in 1962.</p><p>"One of the major rallying points for the eco-movement was concern for the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a> of the Great Lakes.</p><p>[...]</p><p>"As John Markoff, a technology writer for the New York Times, told the Guardian, the Whole Earth Catalog was 'the internet before the internet. It was the book of the future. It was a web in newsprint.'"</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://wholepeople.com/whole-earth-catalog/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wholepeople.com/whole-earth-ca</span><span class="invisible">talog/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WholeEarthCatalog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WholeEarthCatalog</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Counterculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Counterculture</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HippieGeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HippieGeek</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StewartBrand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StewartBrand</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Permaculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Permaculture</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PreInternetResourceGuide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PreInternetResourceGuide</span></a></p>
Juggling With Eggs<p>Where are all the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/butterflies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>butterflies</span></a> this year? </p><p>I really have seen barely any…and what about other insects? Very few spotted in my garden…the most common visitor are slugs. </p><p>The more I think about it, the most eerie this seems.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ClimateBreakdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateBreakdown</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SilentSpring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SilentSpring</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jul/13/butterflies-summer-absence-british-spring-decline-insects" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">article/2024/jul/13/butterflies-summer-absence-british-spring-decline-insects</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilentSpring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SilentSpring</span></a> - <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RachelCarson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RachelCarson</span></a> - 1962</p><p>Available through the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/InternetArchive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternetArchive</span></a>! </p><p>"Silent Spring by Rachel Carson is an expertly written <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environmental</span></a> science book published in 1962. It focuses on the documentation of detrimental effects that the haphazard use of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pesticides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pesticides</span></a> has on the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a>. In the book, she is vocal about her criticism of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChemicalIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChemicalIndustry</span></a> which she blames for the rampant <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a> that is aimed at ensuring that public official accepts their claims unquestioningly (Carson and Lear). Carson had earlier focused all her attention on conservation efforts and in particular in environmental problems caused pesticides.The result of her new found passion culminated in the writing of Silent Spring (1962) that brought out her environmental concerns with the aim of sharing them with the American public."</p><p><a href="https://archive.org/details/fp_Silent_Spring-Rachel_Carson-1962" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.org/details/fp_Silent_</span><span class="invisible">Spring-Rachel_Carson-1962</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Extinction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Extinction</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CitizenScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CitizenScience</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CitizenScientist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CitizenScientist</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>20 books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just book covers (don't forget the alt text).</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/20books20days" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>20books20days</span></a> 2/20 <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RachelCarson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RachelCarson</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilentSpring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SilentSpring</span></a></p>
Thom O'Connor<p>"Only one species of known life has altered the trajectory of nature"<br>- Rachel Carson, Silent Spring, 1962</p><p>Our collective foolishness on display</p><p>Additional references:<br>* <a href="https://www.acs.org/education/whatischemistry/landmarks/rachel-carson-silent-spring.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">acs.org/education/whatischemis</span><span class="invisible">try/landmarks/rachel-carson-silent-spring.html</span></a><br>* <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_Spring" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent</span><span class="invisible">_Spring</span></a></p><p>🧵[6/6]</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/wilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wilding</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/biocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biocide</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/RachelCarson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RachelCarson</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SilentSpring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SilentSpring</span></a></p>
Thom O'Connor<p>...in an endless and escalating battle against insects that evolve towards resilience against these same chemicals - ultimately heading towards making our planet unfit for all life, "living in a sea of carcinogens"</p><p>🧵[5/6]</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/wilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wilding</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/biocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biocide</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/RachelCarson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RachelCarson</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SilentSpring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SilentSpring</span></a></p>
Thom O'Connor<p>Trophic pyramids destroyed by our fear of insects and distaste of weeds; nervous system toxin and genetic damage to all life; distributed throughout our soil and waterways: leading to widespread death of birds, bees, fish, livestock, crops, and humans; accompanied by cellular and chromosome destruction, mutagenic and chromosomal abnormalities, and massive increases in cancer -</p><p>🧵[4/6]</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/wilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wilding</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/biocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biocide</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/RachelCarson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RachelCarson</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SilentSpring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SilentSpring</span></a></p>
Thom O'Connor<p>...chlorinated hydrocarbons (DDT, dieldrin, aldrin, endrin, heptachlor, and chlordane) and organophosphorus insecticides (malathion, parathion, diazinon) discovered their biocide properties incidentally during WWII in the search for chemical agents - have implemented a legacy of biocide throughout the food chain as these chemicals accumulate in all living creatures</p><p>🧵[3/6]</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/wilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wilding</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/biocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biocide</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/RachelCarson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RachelCarson</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SilentSpring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SilentSpring</span></a></p>
Thom O'Connor<p>Paul Hermann Müller's Nobel Prize should in turn be revoked &amp; granted to Carson (in addition to her 1981 Presidential Medal of Freedom). Müller was awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1948 "for his discovery of the high efficiency of DDT as a contact poison against several arthropods" in 1939. What he neglected to recognize until at least 1972 when DDT was banned, was that these biocides - </p><p>🧵[2/6]</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/wilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wilding</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/biocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biocide</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/RachelCarson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RachelCarson</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SilentSpring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SilentSpring</span></a></p>
Thom O'Connor<p>Rachel Carson should be granted a retroactive Nobel prize for her 1962 work Silent Spring. And Silent Spring should be required reading by every high school or secondary school student</p><p>and to your question - yes, I first learned of this book only through the book The Three-Body Problem by Chinese author Liu Cixin, published in 2008</p><p>🧵[1/6]</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/wilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wilding</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/biocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biocide</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/RachelCarson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RachelCarson</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SilentSpring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SilentSpring</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/TheThreeBodyProblem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheThreeBodyProblem</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ThreeBodyProblem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThreeBodyProblem</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>FYI - <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RachelCarson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RachelCarson</span></a>'s book <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilentSpring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SilentSpring</span></a> is available on the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/InternetArchive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternetArchive</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://archive.org/details/fp_Silent_Spring-Rachel_Carson-1962" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.org/details/fp_Silent_</span><span class="invisible">Spring-Rachel_Carson-1962</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>[Thread] It's been a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RachelCarson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RachelCarson</span></a> / <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilentSpring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SilentSpring</span></a> kinda <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilentSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SilentSunday</span></a>...</p>
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