The name of the exhibit comes from the opening of the book "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson.

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The chemical poisoning of the environment,she said, would cause a silent spring.

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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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The other study, led by scientists at Silent Spring Institute, shows why the presence of such chemicals in household items is a problem.

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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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