Me too.
The book brings up many things but mainly focuses on pesticides and why they're so bad.
Back then, things like DDT weren't known to be bad, necessarily and were seen as the good guys, the pest killers. However, Carson's work as a scientist proved that they were actually quite negative for the environment.
The book covers a lot of aspects of nature. It's main thesis is that man’s newfound power to change his environment needs to be wielded with extreme caution if we are to avoid destroying the very systems that support us.
She looks at the cheerful marketing of pesticides and the smiling leave sand plants on the covers, and notes how false this reality is.
Obviously, this 'organic' bug spray is not really good for the environment as portrayed. The leaves coming off the top seem to signify as much, but this is false and should not be trusted.
This is one of the main things Carson Covers
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