Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
argumentative Essay
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Technological advancement has often outperformed scientific knowledge associated with the causes that determine health. Increasing complications in social organization increase the possibilities by which multiple agents can disturb health, including factors such as those that risk physical health like venomous chemicals or radiation, restricted access to sanitary and pure natural resources, and the infinite amalgamation of them all. Decisions taken in areas apparently detached from health frequently have the prospect to have an impact on people’s health in either positive or negative manner due to a large number of links and connections in modern life. Health is an area comprised of highly intricate systems, which can be accidentally disturbed in unpredictable ways and end up in adverse health concerns that may be serious and irrevocable.
Precaution has been present at the core of public health safety for centuries, and the precautionary principle is undeniably connected to performing under doubt, which is a common situation in these days.
Steingraber’s suffering from cancer at an early age directed her to question what lies behind. Many people in her family were suffering from cancer and the point that she was adopted made her to ponder about the factors that families share other than their genes. Since she was trained as a biologist therefore she started to look for answers in previous scientific research. One of the obstacles that prevent us from addressing cancer’s environmental roots is the word lifestyle. Risks of lifestyle are not independent of environmental risks. Our lives are played out within the ecological world…” (pp.270) comes from her personal experience as she states that we tend to ignore the risks that ou...
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...ronmental issues through her books “living downstream” , “Having Faith: An Ecologist’s Journey to Motherhood” (discovers the cherished biology of motherhood. Both an account of her own pregnancy and an study of fetal toxicology) and “Raising Elijah: Protecting Children in an Age of Environmental Crisis” where she writes about her major concern that Our children confront an atmosphere more intimidating to their health as compared to any generation in past.
Rachel Carson’s Connections to Maine
She was staying on the Southport Island when she helped in establishing the Maine Chapter of “The Nature Conservancy”. In 1956, Carson and some of concerned citizens came together at on the Maine coast to talk about the threats they observed around them and ponder on what could possibly be done. Every idea was promising but none seemed likely to work its way to the end .
In this essay, the author
- Recounts how carson helped establish the maine chapter of "the nature conservancy" in 1956. carson and concerned citizens came together to talk about threats they observed around them and ponder on what could possibly be done.
- Explains that technological advancement has outperformed scientific knowledge associated with the causes that determine health. the precautionary principle is connected to performing under doubt.
- Describes the factors that led to her questioning what lies behind her adoption. many people in her family were suffering from cancer and the point that she was adopted made her ponder.
- Explains that the word lifestyle prevents us from addressing cancer's environmental roots. the value and application of accessible scientific information is vital to the debate.
- Explains that pioglitazone is used for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. aspartame is an artificial sweetener, a substitute for sugar in some diets.
- Analyzes how rachel louise carson's book silent spring became the reagent for the foundation environmental awareness in the us.
- Compares sandra steingraber and rachel carson in her book, living downstream; an ecologist looks at cancer and the environment.
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