Spring Reading

Is Silent Spring by Rachel Carson a good book to read for a book report?
My grandmother bought this book for me while we were on holiday last year. I read it and it seems to be a very good point, the Bible an environmentalist. I have respect for the environment so it was a good book (but it was a little boring at times). But the problem is the book is outdated and written more than forty years. The threat of DDT and other pesticides has been reduced considerably since then and I wonder if I should continue to linger on the past. I really was shooting really to report on a book with a more modern issue like AIDS or something. So is Silent Spring as punishment because everyone says it is?
I think it could be a great book report, if you get the facts and use them. Here the thing though, the book is more than outdated, it has been largely discredited. Rachel Carson's claims about DDT have been exaggerated, irresponsible and erroneous. His exaggerations are not inconsequential. DDT was banned it could be used safely to prevent the spead of malaria and millions of deaths from the same throughout the world! Rachel Carson in May and took care of the environment, but its use sensationalism and activism that have caused much more harm than good. I think this could be a great report, if you wanted to write. You can write about how people who write influanced, how ideas can have serious consequences, about the journalistic hubris. You can do many cool things with it. Or, if that is not appropriate for your class, you can go ahead and choose a book that has not been discredited PS Because I like his style: "World-renowned expert on DDT Dr. Gordon Edwards used to eat a tablespoon of DDT whenever lectured on the subject. Finally, he died at age 85 – a heart attack while hiking in the mountains. "
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