When Silent Spring was published, it received a lot of attention, both positive and negative. See a selection of reviews below.
Commentary from Journal of Wildlife Management
"There's Poison All Around Us Now"
A look at how critics reacted to Silent Spring: "Silence, Miss Carson!" Science, Gender, and the Reception of "Silent Spring"
Silent Spring helped lead to the US environmental movement. Search the catalog for books on the environmental movement in the US, pesticides, and the effects of Silent Spring:
Rachel Carson -- Silent Spring
Environmentalism -- United States -- History
Environmental policy -- United States -- History
Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- History
Green movement -- United States -- History
Pesticides -- Environmental Aspects
Environmental ethics -- United States -- History
Naturalists -- United States -- Biography
To find additional articles, click on the following links:
Search for articles about Silent Spring in GreenFILE
Search for articles about Rachel Carson's impact in GreenFILE
Search for articles about Rachel Carson and the environment in GreenFile
Search for articles about Rachel Carson in MLA International Bibliography
Search for articles about Rachel Carson and Silent Spring in Academic Search Elite
Search for articles about Rachel Carson in Academic Search Elite
Echoes of Silent Spring Exhibit from Michigan State University
"A Book that Changed the World" Virtual Exhibit from Environment & Society Portal
Legacy of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring
Rachel Carson: A Conservation Legacy from the US Fish & Wildlife Service
"The Consequences of Silent Spring" and Rachel Carson's Silent Spring
Distillations Podcast: "DDT: The Britney Spears of Chemicals"
photo Ray Hennessy; CC0
Rachel Carson by 
The Gentle Subversive by 
What a Book Can Do by 
Rachel Carson and Her Sisters: Extraordinary Women Who Shaped America's Environmental Movement by
American Experience will be debuting a new documentary on Rachel Carson. See a clip below.