But in 1962, Rachel Carson published Silent Spring, which argued that DDT, whatever its primary benefits, was also having unintended environmental consequences.

• 到了1962年，蕾切尔·卡逊的《静静的春天》出版，书中指出滴滴涕虽然有诸般好处，然而却有着的对环境不可预料的恶果。