alleryWho wrote Silent Spring, which raised public fear of chemical pesticides?
ARachel Carson
BAnil Agarwal
CMadhav Gadgil
DWilliam Stapp
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Rachel Carson
1. The modern EE movement grew in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
2. Fear of pesticides in Rachel Carson's Silent Spring fed this concern.
3. Agarwal, Gadgil and Stapp are linked to other work.
_Source: Wikipedia, Environmental education, History_
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