Silent Spring | Topics for Further Study
Look carefully at the material on pesticides at the website of the Environmental Protection Agency (http://www.epa.gov/ebtpages/pesticides. html). Does the government's attitude toward these products seem different today than it was in 1962, as described in Silent Spring? Report your findings in a one-page summary.
Imagine that it is 1962. Write a one- or two-page letter using what you learned from the book to persuade your state representative or senator to do something about the problem Carson describes. Be sure to tell your representative specifically what you would like...
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