Silent Spring by Rachel Carson

unpalatable facts. It is the public that is being as ked to ass ume the ris ks that the ins ect
controllers calculate. The public mus t decide whether it wis hes to continue on the pres ent
road, and it can do s o only whe n in full pos s es sion of the facts. In the words of Jean Ros tand,
‘The obligation to endure gives us the right to know.’