Rachel Carson's Birthday

Rachel Carson was born May 27, 1907. Her book, Silent Spring , started a wave of environmental concern that goes on to this day. She was instrumental in getting certain pesticides banned and her work helped form governmental regulatory programs to deal with environmental protections (many of which have been gutted by our current adminstration). But right now we need to think of banning more chemicals. A May 17 story in the LA times, reports on new studies that identify over 200 commonly found chemicals that are linked to cancer.  More info is avaliable at silentspring.org