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		ocschwar on Dec 12, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Internet Has a Rat Poison Problem Environmentalism in the US started with a book, Silent Sprint, in 1962, which pointed out that when you poison pest species, you also poison the predators that prey on them, and risk shooting yourself in the foot that way. So pretty much the #1 line item in American environmental law was to restrict access to pesticides.

hoppyhoppy2 on Dec 12, 2021 [–]

Silent Spring*

ocschwar on Dec 12, 2021 | [–]

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