Silent Spring, the fight for nature
Sarah Whitley, Allyn Tyer, Jaycie Johnson
Chapter 5:
Use of Ethos and Logos
Puzzling Thoughts
Rachel Carson's Claim and Structure
Changes That Have Ocurred Since Then
The pesticide DDT was banned in the U.S. in 1972, but is still used in many countries. DDT contamination in meat has stopped shipments from Mexico and South America. BHC was banned for all use in the U.S. in 1978. It is still used in other countries crops that re exported to the U.S.
Silent Spring; Realms of Soil
Powerful
"it is equally true that soil depends on life"
"life is not only formed in the soil, but other living things of incredible abundance and diversity exist within it; if this were not so the soil would be a dead and sterile thing."
"the plain truth is that this critically important subject of the ecology of the soil has been largely neglected even by scientists and almost completely ignored by control men."
The importance of these quotes that they demonstrate the relationship that the soil has with other life forms.