1. Persistent Organic Pollutants
It was not until Rachel Carson's book, Silent Spring, written in 1967, that people started to question the use of pesticides. ... In her book, Our Stolen Future: Are We Threatening our Fertility, Intelligence, and Survival? ... Broley reported a healthy eagle population until 1947, when he began to notice changes in the eagles" behavior and a decline in the number of eaglets. ... Reports began coming in from all over northern Europe about dead seals washing up on the beaches. ...
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