Metro Connection: Rachel Carson Turns 100
Fri., Mar. 9, 2007
Earlier this week Maryland delegates heard testimony on a bill that would declare May 27th "Rachel Carson Day." Best known as the author of Silent Spring which led to the banning of the pesticide DDT, Carson is considered by some as the mother of the modern environmental movement. She would have turned 100 this May. The occasion will be celebrated with a variety of events in the Washington region where Carson spent most of her adult life. Metro Connection's Sidsel Overgaard reports on some of the people working to keep her legacy alive.
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Photos of the Rachel Carson House by Sidsel Overgaard.





