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The 21 pages that link to Silent Spring, each with the reason it gives.

• Integrated pest managementRelated: The book helped bring the risks of indiscriminate pesticide use into public debate.

• BiomagnificationRelated: Its account of persistent pesticides helped bring food-chain contamination into public debate.

• Endocrine disruptorRelated: It helped establish the broader context of chemical pollution that preceded endocrine-disruptor research.

• Persistent organic pollutantRelated: The book brought pesticide persistence and food-chain contamination to broad public attention.

• DDTRelated: Carson’s account brought DDT’s effects on birds and ecosystems to a broad public.

• Environmental regulationRelated: Its influence helped build support for stronger chemical controls.

• Earth DayRelated: Carson’s account helped build the environmental movement that Earth Day mobilized.

• Environmental policyRelated: The book intensified public pressure for pesticide controls and environmental institutions.

• Pollution preventionRelated: Its account of pesticide impacts helped strengthen public concern about pollution at its source.

• Insect conservationRelated: Its account of pesticide effects helped spur public and regulatory attention to non-target wildlife.

• Murray BookchinRelated: It appeared in the same year as Bookchin’s early environmental book and helped shape public environmental debate.