The hook for this short news-analysis piece is Rachel Carson's 100th birthday. It reviews some contemporary government denial behavior in the context of the era in which Carson wrote _Silent Spring,_ and draws effective parallels

Interesting attempt to commemorate the 100th birthday of Rachel Carson, but the premise is a tad hazy; is she getting blamed for the fire ants?

On the contrary Rachel Carson was and is one of the heroes of the environmental movement. No one is the scientific community advocates the resumed use of DDT. This is a terrible chemical & it's effects on the ecosystem are well documented & explicitly spelled out in the article. The article is well sourced & factual. The current administration's penchant for ignoring & warping scientific data has been extensively reported in many publication including the OMB own in house investigations. It's a good quick read.

An interesting, if somewhat meandering, opinion piece noting Rachel Carson's 100th anniversary and exploring a critical topic: political interference or departmental zeal trumping sound environmental management.

More on how the administration has been distorting science. Some nice details in here without being too lengthy and with little gratuitous venom.

A well developed arguement about how human arrogance plays in Washington, whether through blind ignorance (USDA) or intentional ignorance (Bushies).

Rachel Carson is responsible for many millions of death from malaria in Africa. Her acolytles today defending the "ecosystem'" clearly do not place human life as a priority. That goes for the author of this slanted article.

This polemic ignores the fact that Rachel Carson is reviled today by scientists for her role in ending the use of DDT. The UN estimates that 800,000 children alone die of malaria each year, children who would be protected by use of DDT. Ecological and medical research strongly supports this conclusion. The picture presented of the Bush administration’s record on science is equally ill-informed. Knowledgeable people consider this administration to have one of the best records on science policy of any in several decades, perhaps back to the late 1940s-early 1950s. There is an outstanding science advisor, who has served longer than any previous holder of that position. The leadership in the key science agencies is outstanding and ... More »

An excellent, short piece providing context for the recent scientific revisionism while recognizing Rachel Carson, author of "Silent Spring" on what would have been 100th birthday.