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Rachel Carson’s Quiet and Powerful Leadership

HBR On Leadership

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Rachel Carson's Silent Spring

Adi Ignatius: In 1963, Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring was published. It revealed the deep environmental damage from widespread use of synthetic pesticides like DDT. The reaction from chemical companies is swift and forceful. But it also gets attention for people who do take Carson's research seriously, like President John F. Kennedy.

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