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Responding to Silent Spring

Scientists, Popular Science Communication, and Environmental Policy in the Kennedy Years

University of California, Santa Barbara

The history of an important federal report on U.S. pesticide policy shows how it was influenced by publication of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring and concurrent public and political reaction to the book. The case provides interesting examples of communication among scientists, government policy makers, politicians, federal agencies, and industry.

Science Communication, Vol. 19, No. 2, 141-163 (1997)
DOI: 10.1177/1075547097019002003


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