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2007-03-04 13:24:38 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Environment

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Because she is probably personally responsible for the deaths of millions of people in third world countries that have died from malaria. Her book silent spring helped to create the global ban on DDT an effective insecticide that had helped to control malaria carrying mosquito populations.

2007-03-04 14:57:00 · answer #1 · answered by Roadkill 6 · 0 0

Because she wrote a book, "Silent Spring", published in 1962. The book is widely credited with launching the environmentalism movement. It was widely read (especially after its selection by the Book-of-the-Month Club and an endorsement by Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas), spending several weeks on the New York Times best-seller list, and inspired widespread public concerns with pesticides and pollution of the environment.

2007-03-04 13:31:09 · answer #2 · answered by morningfoxnorth 6 · 0 0

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2016-10-02 09:43:52 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

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