Silent Spring: Abuse of Pesticides Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring brought about an awareness of the abuse of pesticides in the 1960’s. She told the stories of how deadly pesticides could be to the environment, wildlife, and even humans. There were very few regulations on all the new chemicals that were widely used after World War II, and not enough time was spent on researching the possible harmful affects. After she made the country aware of the dangers, the government had to change the way they regulated pesticides. DDT was one of the first “cure all” pesticides. It was used heavi