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DDT
Rachel Carson Published Silent Spring. Silent Spring is an environmental science book by Rachel Carson. The book was published on 27 September 1962 and it documented the adverse effects on the environment of the indiscriminate use of pesticides -
EIA (Environmental impact assessment)
It was first created in America and it made it a priority for dederral agencies to consider the natural environment of the land they are planning to use. It gave the natural environment the same status as economic priorities. Within 20 years, a lot of other countries around the world adapted the same policy act.