Rachel Carson

WHO reverses policy on DDT to control malaria

Health & Medicine

The health problems associated with DDT outweighs its effectiveness in controlling malaria , and the WHO plans to phase it out worldwide by 2020.

“Silent Spring Turns” 50

A Look Back at Rachel Carson

Always, Rachael

Our Stolen Future: Human Reproduction and Modern Risks

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Always, Rachel

Rachel Carson’s book Silent Spring made her a household name, but her private life has been kept just that, very private. A newly published book of correspondence between Rachel Carson and her intimate friend, Dorothy Freeman, gives insight into Carson’s convictions, and a remarkable friendship. Host Steve Curwood speaks with the book’s editor, Martha Freeman, […]

Endocrine Disrupters in Humans

Common synthetic chemicals are getting into the human body, seriously affecting our immune systems, our intelligence, and our ability to reproduce. Steve Curwood follows the investigative trail of endocrine disrupters through laboratories and field sites, talking to scientists who are convinced Rachel Carson’s predictions of thirty years ago are coming true.

A Place Called Home

Three generations of women from the same family have woven together three different poems about their lake house in Connecticut ?and their blended poem won the EPA’s Rachel Carson Sense of Wonder Contest.

A Place Called Home

Three generations of women from one family came together to write a poem about their New England lake house. And, this year, their poem was chosen as the winner of the EPA’s Rachel Carson Sense of Wonder contest.

Field Notes

Author Elizabeth Kolbert travels the world to get firsthand accounts of the effects of climate change.

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