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Rachel Carson’s Quiet and Powerful Leadership

HBR On Leadership

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Rachel Carson's Indictment of an Industry

DDT had been developed as a synthetic insecticide in the late 30s. The allies had used it in World War II to try to control malaria and typhus among the troops. After the war it started to be rolled out commercially. USDA began using it in aerial spraying to kill fire ants.

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