tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35546240.post8148377030868648368..comments2023-08-20T02:55:42.721-05:00Comments on Welcome to the Rachel Carson Centennial Blog: Comments from Maril HazlettNCTC Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16160333822375645632noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35546240.post-47004341084998961282008-01-28T22:37:00.000-05:002008-01-28T22:37:00.000-05:00I worked as a typist on the bookAlways, Rachel an...I worked as a typist on the book<BR/>Always, Rachel and had the great fun of reading MANY MANY of the letters, I am mentioned in the intro. <BR/><BR/>It was a privilage to be a part of the proccess, even if it was a small part.<BR/><BR/>I recommend it highlyssc52https://www.blogger.com/profile/16424793371144466727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35546240.post-16059211916102004922007-06-25T16:57:00.000-05:002007-06-25T16:57:00.000-05:00Yes, anonymous, those questions have been raised a...Yes, anonymous, those questions have been raised and a good discussion of them can be found at: http://membracid.wordpress.com/. <BR/><BR/>Please be sure to read it all because it addresses the science very thoroughly. Also just to clarify, birds in the wild are not “fed” a diet. Their “diet” consists of a “food chain” method of eating, where bigger creatures eat smaller creatures.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35546240.post-65119069195290188212007-06-25T10:23:00.000-05:002007-06-25T10:23:00.000-05:00has anyone brought up the fact that 1) the man who...has anyone brought up the fact that 1) the man who invented DDT ate a spoonful until the day he died of natural causes and 2) Rachel Carson's uproar caused about DDT indirectly caused the deaths of millions of poor black people? The rise in known cases of malaryia continues to rise yearly in certain countries which do not use DDT. At the time of "silent spring" poorer countries did not have theAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35546240.post-44819126000588098552007-06-13T13:07:00.000-05:002007-06-13T13:07:00.000-05:00Oops. I meant to mention - along the lines of addi...Oops. I meant to mention - along the lines of additional resources on toxins in the environment, a really wonderful website is that of the Environmental Working Group, <A HREF="http://www.ewg.org" REL="nofollow">www.ewg.org</A>. Great for general reference. I might have mentioned that already, but I forget if so.m----- h----------https://www.blogger.com/profile/10816424995465508297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35546240.post-23221324738829014842007-06-13T10:50:00.000-05:002007-06-13T10:50:00.000-05:00Hello all. My head is spinning. So much to think a...Hello all. My head is spinning. So much to think about with the comments.<BR/><BR/>I’m fascinated with Linda’s reference to Jeanne Davis, and Davis's comment that the two women may not have become so close if they had lived close together year-round Just from watching Davis in the <A HREF="http://www.prfi.com/films/carson.shtml?films" REL="nofollow">Peace River/ American Experience documentary onm----- h----------https://www.blogger.com/profile/10816424995465508297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35546240.post-37003732435811830842007-06-13T07:25:00.000-05:002007-06-13T07:25:00.000-05:00I am struck, in thinking about these letters, by r...I am struck, in thinking about these letters, by resonance with two other well-known sets: correspondence between Thomas Jefferson and John Adams (who often passionately disagreed but remained faithful to the correspondence) and between John Adams and his wife, Abigail (for whom my own young daughter is named).<BR/><BR/>Both sets, alongside the Carson/Freeman letters, allow us insight into the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35546240.post-71976390409073128232007-06-11T13:38:00.000-05:002007-06-11T13:38:00.000-05:00To follow up on Linda Lear's informative, yet dist...To follow up on Linda Lear's informative, yet disturbing comment, I just finished one more valued and reasoned addition to the electronic literature this season by yet-another erudite Internet blogger, entitled "The Murderous Church of Rachel Carson."<BR/><BR/>I think we have the makings of an interesting investigative magazine piece in the coming months for any enterprising reporter who follows Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35546240.post-70273321650840345492007-06-10T22:09:00.000-05:002007-06-10T22:09:00.000-05:00I'm not sure that Carson's friendship with Freeman...I'm not sure that Carson's friendship with Freeman widened her perspective on the importance of including values other than scientific fact into her evaluation and writing, although Martha most certainly supported and reaffirmed views that Carson probably already held herself. The friendship may have made inclusion of human desires and values more prominent in her mind as she was expressing and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35546240.post-84846834006397566472007-06-08T19:18:00.000-05:002007-06-08T19:18:00.000-05:00Hello All Moderators and commentors. I haven't be...Hello All Moderators and commentors. I haven't been on line since I began moderating this blog and its so wonderful to see the depth of the comments and the breadth as well.<BR/><BR/>I want to comment on Maril's assessment of the Carson/Freeman relationship to say that in "Witness for Nature" I tried to<BR/>suggest that the two friends had so much in common that it was inevitable they became Linda Learhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06682815130199950784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35546240.post-47643372388202828602007-06-07T18:13:00.000-05:002007-06-07T18:13:00.000-05:00Thanks to Keith for addressing the onslaught of at...Thanks to Keith for addressing the onslaught of attacks on Rachel Carson these past few weeks undoubtedly precipitated by the publicity around the centennial. Aside from finding it disturbing, I have to say I also found some of the accusations and headlines somewhat humorous. "Rachel Carson Killed More People than Josef Stalin"? Who could write, or read, that with a straight face? The sad Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35546240.post-21021727130631416212007-06-07T16:39:00.000-05:002007-06-07T16:39:00.000-05:00Thanks for making Always, Rachel this month's book...Thanks for making Always, Rachel this month's bookclub selection.<BR/><BR/>Martha Freeman gives a really nice acknowledgment to one of last month's moderators. "Deanne Urmy's delight in these letters, her diligence, good judgment, and gentle initiation of me into the publishing world, were a boon to me. I cannot imagine a better editorial partner."<BR/><BR/>Here is a favorite quote so far, from Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35546240.post-81583363714691702832007-06-07T15:27:00.000-05:002007-06-07T15:27:00.000-05:00Rachel Carson's 100th birthday remembrance certain...Rachel Carson's 100th birthday remembrance certainly brought out a diversity of viewpoints. I hope that the next centennial anniversary of her birthday will put her accomplishments into proper perspective. <BR/> <BR/>In a day in which any chemical that could be safely manufactured and used was approved, she pointed out environmental and human health problems of persistent organic pollutants (POPsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35546240.post-89385288787333245582007-06-07T14:11:00.000-05:002007-06-07T14:11:00.000-05:00On the day late last month that Rachel Carson woul...On the day late last month that Rachel Carson would have turned 100 years old I posted a piece on Mode Shift that focused on the surprising failure of the nation’s major environmental organizations to defend the mother of modern environmentalism. The free market right has set out on a deliberate path to diminish Carson, and by extension the American environmental community, as credible in Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05168911006197593148noreply@blogger.com