(This marks the first installment of Benzinga’s new weekly series Science Wednesday, which provides an overview of news and milestones within the sciences.)
'Silent Spring' Turns 60: This month marks the 60th anniversary of the first publication (via a New Yorker serialization) of Rachel Carson’s groundbreaking “Silent Spring,” which called attention to the deleterious effects of the reckless use insecticides on the ecosystem and human health, which set into the motion the rise of modern environmental science.
