CEI Weekly: Rachel Carson Was Wrong

Friday, November 30, 2012

Feature: The case against the case against agrochemicals.

FEATURE: Rachel Carson Was Wrong This year marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, the book credited with launching the modern environmentalist movement. In a new study, CEI Senior Fellow Angela Logomasini argues that history has proven Carson's warning about agrochemicals wrong. Read the study here.  SHAPING THE DEBATE EPA Administrators Invent Excuses to Avoid Transparency Christopher Horner's op-ed in The Washington Examiner Senator Durbin Is Wrong on Energy Drinks Ban Michelle Minton's op-ed in The Hill Global Fawning Myron Ebell's op-ed in Standpoint Magazine Opportunity and Wealth Remain in America, Not Europe Matthew Melchiorre's op-ed in Investor's Business Daily Overturning Dodd-Frank Sam Kazman's citation in The Washington Times Taking Money Off the Table John Berlau's citation in The Appeal Democrat Meet Rep. Bob Goodlatte, Hollywood's New Copyright Ally Ryan Radia's' citation in C-NET Stacking the Deck for Dodd-Frank CEI's citation in National Review

CEI PODCAST November 27, 2012: Rachel Was Wrong Senior Fellow Angela Logomasini talks about her forthcoming CEI study, “Rachel Was Wrong: Agrochemicals’ Benefits to Human Health and the Environment.” Fifty years ago in her book Silent Spring, Carson argued that pesticides and other chemicals would increase cancer rates; they have actually gone down despite increased life expectancy. Carson argued that chemicals would reduce environmental quality; indicators have actually improved almost across the board, and high-yield farming feeds more people while leaving more habitat for wildlife. Carson argued that chemicals would increase food-borne illnesses; again, they have gone down. BEST OF THE BLOGS Intrade Is Only the Latest CFTC Outrage By John Berlau Guest Workers Can Help End Illegal Immigration By David Bier Why the GOP Will Not Support Carbon Taxes (If It Wants to Survive) By Marlo Lewis The Bank of England Breaks With Tradition Only to Continue With It By Matt Melchiorre