Pesticides In Silent Spring

Silent Spring Busy people trying to get from one place to another not realizing the beauty of our planet just don’t take the extra steps to take care of it. Departments of public works and landscapers build beautiful gardens and work to grow grass in areas, not for it to be ruined by mass pollution. The use of pesticide can be helpful, however taking a toll on our health. The Toxics Action Center (2015), pesticides are used almost everywhere— not only in agriculture fields, but also in buildings, forests, roads, homes, parks and schools. Each different pesticide serve a different purpose, for example, herbicides are used to kill weed & plants, insecticides are used to kill insects, fungicides, are used to killed fungus, rodenticides are used to kill rodents. Not realizing the harmful effects, pesticides can be found in our air, water and food. Throughout the book “Silent Spring,” we
Throughout Silent Spring, Carson describes how DDT entered the food chain and built up inside animals causing cancer and other damage. The Center for Disease Control (2009) states people are most likely exposed to DDT from foods, including meat fish, and dairy products. Once entered the body, the Center for Disease Control (2009) explains, DDT is converted into several breakdown products called metabolites, including the metabolite dichlorodiphenyldichloroethene (DDE). Carson wanted to make the point of, if we’re going to be consuming the product, whether it be through food, drinking, or breathing it in, we should at least understand the risk factor.
In the first chapter of Silent Spring, Carson paints a picture of the effects of pesticides on small town. She explains a town buzzing with families, different animals, trees, and wildflowers. But due to careless use of pesticides everything died. She painted this picture in our head to educate us of what could easily happen with the ongoing use of pesticides and our