Our Impact on Nature - assignment 3/2/10

Rachel Carson's essay, Silent Spring, reminds us the fact that humans have a great impact upon the Earth and nature. She sets the story up well and backs her beliefs with good facts and experiments supporting her side. I am slightly torn on this issue. I grew up on a farm and know that pesticides are vital to growing a good crop. On the other hand, humans have been neglectful of the environment and how we affect it. I believe it is essential to find a balance so that we can make produce efficiently but preserve the environment by doing more experiments with new chemicals before they are commercially used. Chemicals can done be banned or farmers would have a very hard time making a living and this would affect the prices in other markets too much.