Which book on pesticides stirred public concern?
AWalden by Thoreau
BSilent Spring
CEmile by Rousseau
DOrigin of Species
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Silent Spring
1. The modern EE movement gained momentum in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
2. Fear of chemical pesticides described in Rachel Carson's Silent Spring raised public concern.
3. Emile, Walden and Origin of Species are not about pesticides.
_Source: Wikipedia, Environmental education, History_
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