Water Pollution In Ch 4 Of Carson's Silent Spring

In Ch 4 of Silent Spring, Carson brings about the fact that the most essential natural resource in the world, water, is being contaminated. With every spray and use of the pesticides and human-made chemicals, persistent as they are, the resulting effects spread throughout ecosystems. Bioaccumulation occurs through the levels of the food chain(biological magnification), microorganisms and fish are exposed to the chemicals that render the water polluted, fish are eaten by birds and other aquatic life and become sick as they are further exposed to the toxicants. Seeping through the ground, the synthetic chemicals escaped detection through the methods used then. They often mixed together to form more toxic and poisons affecting life around and