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Radio 3,27 Oct 2011,15 mins

Series The Book that Changed Me

The Silent Spring

The Essay

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Veteran journalist Julian Pettifer on how Rachel Carson's The Silent Spring turned him into an environmentalist and how her grave warnings about the use of chemicals turned deadly while he was reporting the Vietnam War. Producer: Smita Patel First broadcast in October 2011 First broadcast in October 2011.

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