About this episode
This episode discusses the American author and environmentalist Rachel Carson and her impact on public awareness regarding the dangers of the pesticide DDT through her book 'Raddir vorsins'.
Í þættinum er fjallað um bandaríska rithöfundinn og náttúruverndarsinnann Rachel Carson, sem vakti athygli bandarísks almennings á skaðsemi skordýraeitursins DDT með bók sinni Raddir vorsins þagna 1962.
People in this episode
Host: RÚV
Topics covered
- environmentalism
- literature
- DDT
- nature conservation
- American authors
Keywords
- Rachel Carson
- DDT
- environmentalism
- nature
- literature
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Raddir vorsins
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