Describes Rachel Carson, a 20th century marine biologist and science writer, whose work on the harmful effects of the insecticide DDT helped to raise awareness about humanity's impact on the natural world and the often-unintended consequences of scientific progress.
A collection of documents that describe shifting attitudes toward the synthetic pesticide known as DDT, including excerpts from scientific studies, advertisements from industry journals, magazine articles and more.
In 1969, fourteen-year-old Mal enrolls in a rural California boarding school where he finds himself caught up in a plot involving endangered animals and an illegal pesticide.
