DiscoverNGI Technical#3: What would be different had Rachel Carson discovered PFAS rather than DDT?
#3: What would be different had Rachel Carson discovered PFAS rather than DDT?

#3: What would be different had Rachel Carson discovered PFAS rather than DDT?

Update: 2022-12-02
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Sixty years ago, the American writer, scientist, and ecologist Rachel Carson published her book, Silent Spring, exposing the hazards of the pesticide DDT on the environment. For the first time, the need to regulate the industry to protect the environment became widely accepted, and environmentalism was born. 

Sarah Hale and Hans Peter Arp lead the EU research and innovation project ZeroPM to tackle pollution from thousands of hazardous PM substances. They ask: What would be different had Rachel Carson discovered PFAS rather than DDT? And what key lesson should be learned to avoid more Silent Springs from happening?  

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#3: What would be different had Rachel Carson discovered PFAS rather than DDT?

#3: What would be different had Rachel Carson discovered PFAS rather than DDT?