The insecticide was used widely and indiscriminately for years until Rachel Carson's publication of the book Silent Spring in 1962 [Kline, 83]. ... Had the American government not reacted to the evidence provided by Silent Spring certain wildlife populations could have been wiped out entirely. ...

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The Silent Spring: The public was not aware of these horrors of industry and the toxic chemicals released into their neighborhoods until a book by Rachel Carson, The Silent Spring, was published in 1962. ... (www.nrdc.org)" Superfund Background Information: After The Silent Spring and RCRA, came the time for a law that would clean up the worst sites that were contaminated with toxic waste, this law was the Superfund Law, or CERCLA. ...

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