"The most alarming of all man's assaults upon the environment is the contamination of air, earth, rivers, and sea with dangerous and even lethal materials. This pollution is for the most part irrecoverable; the chain of evil it initiates not only in the world that must support life but in living tissues is for the most part irreversible."

Silent Spring (1962)

~Rachel Carson (27 May 1907 – 14 April 1964)

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#OTD in 1962.

Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring is published, inspiring an environmental movement and the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

The book documented the environmental harm caused by the indiscriminate use of DDT, a pesticide used by soldiers during WW2. Carson accused the chemical industry of spreading disinformation, and public officials of accepting the industry's marketing claims unquestioningly.

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I'm sharing a recent #seascape #photo with you! It might look not too dramatic but it was super interesting to capture. I was standing at the curving beach where slow waves kept rolling in. And so, I managed to capture how the two reflected waves intersect on an angle forming this pattern.

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