<P> Many critics repeatedly said Carson was calling for the elimination of all pesticides, but she had made it clear she was not advocating this but was instead encouraging responsible and carefully managed use with an awareness of the chemicals' impact on ecosystems . She concludes her section on DDT in Silent Spring with advice for spraying as little as possible to limit the development of resistance . Mark Hamilton Lytle writes, Carson "quite self - consciously decided to write a book calling into question the paradigm of scientific progress that defined postwar American culture". </P> <P> The academic community--including prominent defenders such as H.J. Muller, Loren Eiseley, Clarence Cottam and Frank Egler--mostly backed the book's scientific claims and public opinion backed Carson's text . The chemical industry campaign was counterproductive because the controversy increased public awareness of the potential dangers of pesticides . Pesticide use became a major public issue after a CBS Reports television special, "The Silent Spring of Rachel Carson", which was broadcast on April 3, 1963 . The program included segments of Carson reading from Silent Spring and interviews with other experts, mostly critics including White - Stevens . According to biographer Linda Lear, "in juxtaposition to the wild - eyed, loud - voiced Dr. Robert White - Stevens in white lab coat, Carson appeared anything but the hysterical alarmist that her critics contended". Reactions from the estimated audience of ten to fifteen million were overwhelmingly positive and the program spurred a congressional review of pesticide hazards and the public release of a pesticide report by the President's Science Advisory Committee . Within a year of publication, attacks on the book and on Carson had lost momentum . </P> <P> In one of her last public appearances, Carson testified before President John F. Kennedy's Science Advisory Committee, which issued its report on May 15, 1963, largely backing Carson's scientific claims . Following the report's release, Carson also testified before a U.S. Senate subcommittee to make policy recommendations . Though Carson received hundreds of other speaking invitations, she was unable to accept most of them because her health was steadily declining, with only brief periods of remission . She spoke as much as she could, and appeared on The Today Show and gave speeches at several dinners held in her honor . In late 1963, she received a flurry of awards and honors: the Audubon Medal from the National Audubon Society, the Cullum Geographical Medal from the American Geographical Society, and induction into the American Academy of Arts and Letters . </P> <P> The book has been translated into German (under the title: Der stumme Frühling), with the first German edition appearing in 1963, followed by a number of later editions . </P>

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