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The Pesticide That Launched the EPA | Orbitals 309
Category: Science & Medicine
Duration: 00:19:06
Publish Date: 2020-12-21 16:22:45
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In the first half of the 20th century, there were very few environmental laws in the United States.

Then, in 1962, environmentalist Rachel Carson published Silent Spring, opening the eyes of many Americans to the environmental destruction and detrimental impacts on human health caused by unchecked toxic chemical use and industrial waste. One of those chemicals was the highly effective synthetic insecticide DDT. 

8 years later, the Environmental Protection Agency was created. 
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