The 1960s had been a very dynamic period for ecology in the US. Pre-1960 grassroots activism against DDT in Nassau County, New York, and widespread opposition to open-air nuclear weapons tests with their global nuclear fallout, had inspired Rachel Carson to write her influential bestseller, Silent Spring (1962).
The 1960s had been a very dynamic period for ecology in th.e US. Pre-1960 grassroots activism against DDT in Nassau County, New York, and widespread opposition to open:-air nuclear weapons tests with their globa.l nuclear fallout, had inspired Rachel Carson to write her influential bestseller, Silent Spring (1962).