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Rachel Carson and JFK, an Environmental Tag Team
May 08, 2012 —
On the 50th anniversary of Silent Spring’s publication, a best-selling historian shows the extent to which John Kennedy and his administration defended Rachel Carson’s controversial work against the chemical industry’s onslaught.