In 1962, Rachel Carson, MS, published Silent Spring,¹ a book detailing the negative impact of widespread persistent pesticide use on the environment. The book led to public awareness of the damaging effects of pesticides, and it ignited the movement that would ultimately lead to the creation of the US Environmental Protection Agency in 1970. The book’s title is a reference to pesticide-induced thinning of bird eggshells, leading to breakage, a reduction in bird populations, and the resulting loss of birdsong.

中文翻译：

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提出肌萎缩侧索硬化症环境研究的需要。

1962 年，雷切尔·卡森 (Rachel Carson) 女士出版了《寂静的春天》( Silent Spring )，¹这本书详细描述了广泛持续使用杀虫剂对环境造成的负面影响。这本书让公众意识到杀虫剂的破坏性影响，并引发了一场运动，最终导致 1970 年美国环境保护署的成立。这本书的书名提到了杀虫剂引起的鸟蛋壳变薄，导致破损，鸟类数量减少，以及由此导致的鸟鸣声消失。