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Activist and author Rachel Carson — whose book “Silent Spring” led to a study of pesticides and rules restricting their use — testifies before a U.S. Senate Government Operations Subcommittee in Washington, D.C. on June 4, 1963. Carson urged Congress to curb the sale of chemical pesticides and aerial spraying. (AP file photo)

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