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An Earth Day Hero

  • April 22, 2013
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

Marine biologist Rachel Carson worked for the U.S. government and wrote many books and articles about the ocean. Her concern about pesticide misuse inspired her 1962 book Silent Spring, an environmentalist classic that pushed Congress to act against pollution.

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