ABSTRACT
Rachel Carson’s book Silent Spring, first published in 1962, probably contributed more than any other publication to initiating the current concern for environment. The book primarily deals with pesticide-related pollution. In the 1960s and even into the 1970s, environmental concern was primarily pollution-related. The pollution was perceived as deriving from anthropogenic sources such as thermal power plants, chemical industry, untreated waste water, marine oil spills. There were serious attempts at environmental management at the national level, for example, the passing of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) in 1969 in the United States requiring environmental evaluation of new projects and the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency.
