Silent Spring

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"The most alarming of all man's assaults upon the environment is the contamination of air, earth, rivers, and sea with dangerous and even lethal materials."

Carson spends a lot of time focusing on how man is destroying the environment which is a very important subject. In this particular passage she digs into what are in her opinion the most harmful ways man destroys the environment. It is important to understand that everything in life occurs in a cycle. Whether it is the biotic pyramid or the water cycle the earth is constantly working in a cycle continuously reusing resources. When things as dangerous as lethal materials are dumped into the ocean they go through the water cycle and and end up in the air, water, and land. The same goes for air pollution. Once the air is polluted and evaporates whatever was in that air can end up on the land or in the water.

"This pollution is for the most part irrecoverable; the chain of evil it initiates not only in the world that must support life but in living tissues is for the most part irreversible."

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This quote was very scary and eye opening. In this day and age it is easy to become numb to hearing about things like air pollution and cars destroying the environment but people need to learn to take action now because the mistakes we are making now are IRREVERSIBLE. Once we abuse the environment to a certain point it will not be possible to go back and fix it. This is why it is important that we go green as soon as possible in order to save the planet before it is too late. 

''...control must be geared to realities, not to mythical situations, and that the methods employed must be such that they do not destroy us along with the insects."

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This quote stresses the importance of being careful with how much we attempt to control the environment and in which ways we do it. Natural pesticides are suitable options in order to control the insect population opposed to man made pesticides that can be lethal. If not done properly we can eliminate people on accident while attempting to eliminate insects. This is why it is always important to seek natural alternatives when working with population control. 

"Nature has introduced great variety into the landscape, but man has displayed a passion for simplifying it."

For some reason people constantly feel that they can be doing better. It is because of this that people continuously attempt to find ways to simplify things. Although iPhones and other forms of technological increase are great examples of this none are more historic than nature. Man has been trying to manipulate the planet since day one in attempt to make life easier. Although we must sometimes manipulate the environment out of necessity we must draw a fine line between surviving and just taking advantage of the planet.  

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