In Silent Spring, Rachel Carson surmised that cancers of the reproductive system could be related to hormones.

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These are entrepreneurs like Rachel Carson, whose company Helicopter Tech, Inc.

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"My motivation was the message from Rachel Carson and her book Silent Spring, " recalls Jan-Gustav Strandenaes, one of the 10, 000 or so making up the Peoples' Forum.

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The award, which has been around for more than 65 years, has been given to the brightest stars in conservation, including Rachel Carson, Ted Turner and Robert Redford.

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Contrary to Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, there's no evidence that DDT causes cancer in humans--you are exposed to more carcinogens in a cup of coffee than from long-term exposure to DDT.

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Because the answer devastates Rachel Carson and her followers.

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Bacon was awarded The Audubon Medal, a prize that has been around for more than 50 years and has gone to bright stars of conservation like Rachel Carson, Ted Turner, and Robert Redford.

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It started with Rachel Carson's popular 1962 book on the dangers of pesticides, "Silent Spring, " and the eye on the planet increased with a photo of the Earth taken from Apollo 8 as it orbited near the moon in 1968.

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