Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring, published in the 1960s, ________

A) was concerned with birth defects in humans
B) awakened the American public to negative effects of artificial hormones and GMOs
C) warned of the loss of bees and other insect pollinators from pesticide use
D) was the beginning of the first wave of U.S. environmental policy
E) focused on the dangers of pesticides and industrial chemicals


Answer: E

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