The essential, cornerstone book of modern environmentalism is now offered in a handsome 40th anniversary edition which features a new Introduction by activist Terry Tempest Williams and a new Afterword by Carson biographer Linda Lear.

It is thanks to this book, and the help of many environmentalists, that harmful pesticides such as DDT were banned from use in the US and countries around the world.

This text traces the history of pesticide law and science and arrives at the conclusion that we have failed to protect ourselves, and especially our children, from pesticide contamination of food, soil, water and air.

" --Publishers Weekly "A must-read." --Booklist "Hard-hitting, eye-opening narrative." --Kirkus In Whitewash, veteran journalist Carey Gillam uncovers one of the most controversial stories in the history of food and agriculture.

"Key quotations from the characters in this book have been translated by the author and others from German into English"--Title page verso.

First published in 1962, this book was instrumental in launching the environmental movement and spurred changes in laws affecting air, land, and water. A rigorous presentation of the effects of pesticide use.

Inspired by the still-revolutionary theories of Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring," McWilliams argues for a more harmonious and rational approach to people's relationship with insects, one that does not harm the environment and, consequently, ...

The book awakened the world to the heedless contamination of the environment and eventually led to the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency and to the banning of DDT and a host of related pesticides.

Describes the backgound of Rachel Carson and her book, discusses the question of pesticides as it stands today and shows what the average citizen can do to change the situtation.