SOCIOL 4SS3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Catholic Worker Movement, Korean War
18 Dec 2019
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Changed conventional wisdom about the environment and poverty that was ignored by most opinion shapers. Struggling to afford her doctorate, she took a government job and fish and wildlife services supplementing her incme with other publications: rote 3 books about oceans and seas that made her reputations as a pop naturalist. Shift in her career w the publication of silent spring a social critic who challenged industry, gov, and scientists: about preserving widelife and protecting public health. Carson and harrington popularized ideas that academics were unable to inject into public debate. During ww2 the military used ddt to kill lice and mosquitos and protect against malaria and typhus: afterwards companies kept producing it for farms. Accused chem industry of intentionally spreading misinfo and gov of uncritically accepting them: they tied to high back but it didn"t work, biggest influence was encourage pop skepticism towards the claims in our daily routines are safe.
