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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: In the post-WWII era, use of man-made poisons to kill pests surged dramatically worldwide.
Chapter 3: The evidence is unequivocal: chemical pesticides cause unintended, deadly damage to the natural world worldwide.
Chapter 4: By seeping into our food chain, pesticides pose a poisonous danger to human health as well worldwide.
Chapter 5: Using pesticides also disrupts the delicate balance of ecosystems, ultimately causing more harm than good overall.
Chapter 6: To counter these chemicals' harmful effects, we must act responsibly and pursue more comprehensive, holistic alternative solutions today.
Description
Silent Spring (1962) is about humanity’s misguided attempts to control nature through the use of chemical pesticides. Find out how our using manufactured poisons to kill unwanted pests disrupts the delicate balance of nature and threatens our very existence. Ultimately, these poisons have the power to destroy the environment, infect the food we eat and contaminate our very lives.
Who Should Listen
- Conservation and nature enthusiasts
- Environmentalists
- People concerned about the use of chemical pesticides